Missouri · Census place 2975688

Vandalia, Missouri

Vandalia is a city in Audrain County, Missouri with an estimated 2,939 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 186th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,939
#186 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-14.1%
-481 people
Land area
2.3 sq mi
Density
1,306 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Vandalia. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Vandalia population, 2020 to 2024

Vandalia lost 481 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -14.1%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

3,42020203,43420212,97420222,94120232,9392024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,560. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Vandalia covers 2.25 square miles of land, for 1,306 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Vandalia is close to the typical town.

What county Vandalia is in

All of Vandalia's residents live in Audrain County, which had 24,304 residents in 2024. Vandalia holds 12.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Vandalia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Vandalia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63382. 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 Vandalia is

The Census internal point of Vandalia is at 39.308100, -91.489500. Jefferson City, the capital, is 62.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bowling Green, MO (4,380 people), 15.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbia, MO, 51.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.308100, -91.489500
DMS
39°18'29.16"N 91°29'22.20"W
UTM
15N 630230.7E 4352055.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FC8G56+65

Daylight in Vandalia

At 39.31° N, Vandalia gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Vandalia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Bowling Green, 15.5 miles away, with 4,380 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Vandalia, MO?

2,939 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 481 (14.1%) from 3,420 in July 2020.

What county is Vandalia in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Vandalia?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63382.

How far is Vandalia from Jefferson City?

62.3 miles (100.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Vandalia.

What is the nearest larger city to Vandalia?

Bowling Green, MO, with 4,380 residents, 15.5 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.