Missouri · Census place 2973942

Troy, Missouri

Troy is a city in Lincoln County, Missouri with an estimated 14,963 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 54th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,963
#54 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+16.8%
+2,155 people
Land area
7.7 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
1,938 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Troy. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Troy population, 2020 to 2024

Troy added 2,155 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +16.8%. In the latest year it moved by +361. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Troy is 1.2 times that size.

12.8k202013.4k202114.0k202214.6k202315.0k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,683. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Troy covers 7.72 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,938 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Troy is denser than the typical town.

What county Troy is in

All of Troy's residents live in Lincoln County, which had 65,888 residents in 2024. Troy holds 22.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Troy

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Troy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63379. 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 Troy is

The Census internal point of Troy is at 38.970000, -90.967500. Jefferson City, the capital, is 70.3 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wentzville, MO (48,646 people), 11.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 45.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.970000, -90.967500
DMS
38°58'12.00"N 90°58'3.00"W
UTM
15N 676079.8E 4315412.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CFX2CM+22

Daylight in Troy

At 38.97° N, Troy gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Troy

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Moscow Mills, 2.9 miles away, with 4,144 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Troy, MO?

14,963 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,155 (16.8%) from 12,808 in July 2020.

What county is Troy in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Troy?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63379.

How far is Troy from Jefferson City?

70.3 miles (113.2 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Troy.

What is the nearest larger city to Troy?

Wentzville, MO, with 48,646 residents, 11.8 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.