Missouri · Census place 2971062

Strafford, Missouri

Strafford is a city in Greene County, Missouri with an estimated 2,801 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 193rd largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,801
#193 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+9.1%
+234 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
Density
839 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Strafford. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Strafford population, 2020 to 2024

Strafford added 234 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.1%. In the latest year it moved by +89.

2,56720202,60420212,64720222,71220232,8012024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,557. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Strafford covers 3.34 square miles of land, for 839 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Strafford is less dense than the typical town.

What county Strafford is in

All of Strafford's residents live in Greene County, which had 307,942 residents in 2024. Strafford holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Strafford

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Strafford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65757. 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 Strafford is

The Census internal point of Strafford is at 37.268900, -93.118000. Jefferson City, the capital, is 104.1 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Springfield, MO (170,596 people), 10.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.268900, -93.118000
DMS
37°16'8.04"N 93°07'4.80"W
UTM
15N 489537.9E 4124709.5N
Geohash
9ytu109e1
Plus code
86987V9J+HR

Daylight in Strafford

At 37.27° N, Strafford gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Strafford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Fair Grove, 8.1 miles away, with 1,625 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Strafford, MO?

2,801 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 234 (9.1%) from 2,567 in July 2020.

What county is Strafford in?

Greene County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Strafford?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65757.

How far is Strafford from Jefferson City?

104.1 miles (167.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Strafford.

What is the nearest larger city to Strafford?

Springfield, MO, with 170,596 residents, 10.9 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.