Missouri · Census place 2971746

Sunset Hills, Missouri

Sunset Hills is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri with an estimated 9,099 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 87th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,099
#87 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-85 people
Land area
9.0 sq mi
+ 0.11 sq mi water
Density
1,013 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Sunset Hills. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Sunset Hills population, 2020 to 2024

Sunset Hills lost 85 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +21. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 97th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Sunset Hills is 74% of it.

9,18420209,15020219,08520229,07820239,0992024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,193. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sunset Hills covers 8.98 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 1,013 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Sunset Hills is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sunset Hills is in

All of Sunset Hills's residents live in St. Louis County, which had 992,929 residents in 2024. Sunset Hills 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 Sunset Hills

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sunset Hills by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63127, 63128. 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 Sunset Hills is

The Census internal point of Sunset Hills is at 38.531200, -90.409300. Jefferson City, the capital, is 95.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Crestwood, MO (12,239 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 11.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.531200, -90.409300
DMS
38°31'52.32"N 90°24'33.48"W
UTM
15N 725823.5E 4267937.0N
Geohash
9yzenwmuw
Plus code
86CFGHJR+F7

Daylight in Sunset Hills

At 38.53° N, Sunset Hills gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sunset Hills

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Fenton, 2.2 miles away, with 4,073 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sunset Hills, MO?

9,099 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 85 (0.9%) from 9,184 in July 2020.

What county is Sunset Hills in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sunset Hills?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 63127, 63128.

How far is Sunset Hills from Jefferson City?

95.4 miles (153.5 km) in a straight line, heading W from Sunset Hills.

What is the nearest larger city to Sunset Hills?

Crestwood, MO, with 12,239 residents, 2.4 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.