Missouri · Census place 2973420

Tipton, Missouri

Tipton is a city in Moniteau County, Missouri with an estimated 2,648 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 206th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,648
#206 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-0.7%
-20 people
Land area
2.1 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,267 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Tipton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Tipton population, 2020 to 2024

Tipton lost 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +11.

2,66820202,69920212,69220222,63720232,6482024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,926. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tipton covers 2.09 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,267 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Tipton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tipton is in

All of Tipton's residents live in Moniteau County, which had 15,294 residents in 2024. Tipton holds 17.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tipton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tipton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65081. 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 Tipton is

The Census internal point of Tipton is at 38.655100, -92.781300. Jefferson City, the capital, is 33.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is California, MO (4,522 people), 11.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, MO, 31.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.655100, -92.781300
DMS
38°39'18.36"N 92°46'52.68"W
UTM
15N 519029.2E 4278526.5N
Geohash
9yy5bsywr
Plus code
86C9M649+2F

Daylight in Tipton

At 38.66° N, Tipton 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 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tipton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is California, 11.7 miles away, with 4,522 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tipton, MO?

2,648 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 20 (0.7%) from 2,668 in July 2020.

What county is Tipton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Tipton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65081.

How far is Tipton from Jefferson City?

33.3 miles (53.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Tipton.

What is the nearest larger city to Tipton?

California, MO, with 4,522 residents, 11.7 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.