Missouri · Census place 2965126

St. Peters, Missouri

St. Peters is a city in St. Charles County, Missouri with an estimated 61,398 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 10th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
61,398
#10 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+6.4%
+3,691 people
Land area
22.5 sq mi
Density
2,728 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: St. Peters. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

St. Peters population, 2020 to 2024

St. Peters added 3,691 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.4%. In the latest year it moved by +1,798. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 31st; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so St. Peters is 5.0 times that size.

57.7k202058.2k202158.6k202259.6k202361.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 57,729. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

St. Peters covers 22.51 square miles of land, for 2,728 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so St. Peters is denser than the typical town.

What county St. Peters is in

All of St. Peters's residents live in St. Charles County, which had 423,726 residents in 2024. St. Peters holds 14.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in St. Peters

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap St. Peters by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63304, 63376. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where St. Peters is

The Census internal point of St. Peters is at 38.783500, -90.605100. Jefferson City, the capital, is 85.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Charles, MO (72,458 people), 4.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 21.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.783500, -90.605100
DMS
38°47'0.60"N 90°36'18.36"W
UTM
15N 708022.3E 4295475.9N
Geohash
9yzsdhr6k
Plus code
86CFQ9MV+CX

Daylight in St. Peters

At 38.78° N, St. Peters gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near St. Peters

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Cottleville, 3.6 miles away, with 6,378 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of St. Peters, MO?

61,398 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,691 (6.4%) from 57,707 in July 2020.

What county is St. Peters in?

St. Charles County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover St. Peters?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 63304, 63376.

How far is St. Peters from Jefferson City?

85.7 miles (138.0 km) in a straight line, heading W from St. Peters.

What is the nearest larger city to St. Peters?

St. Charles, MO, with 72,458 residents, 4.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.