Missouri · Census place 2977092

Warrensburg, Missouri

Warrensburg is a city in Johnson County, Missouri with an estimated 19,998 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 37th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
19,998
#37 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+3.3%
+647 people
Land area
9.4 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
2,125 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Warrensburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Warrensburg population, 2020 to 2024

Warrensburg added 647 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +280. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 53rd; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Warrensburg is 1.6 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 19,329. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Warrensburg covers 9.41 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 2,125 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Warrensburg is denser than the typical town.

What county Warrensburg is in

All of Warrensburg's residents live in Johnson County, which had 55,880 residents in 2024. Warrensburg holds 35.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Warrensburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Warrensburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64093. 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 Warrensburg is

The Census internal point of Warrensburg is at 38.762400, -93.725300. Jefferson City, the capital, is 84.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sedalia, MO (22,310 people), 26.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lee's Summit, MO, 37.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.762400, -93.725300
DMS
38°45'44.64"N 93°43'31.08"W
UTM
15N 436985.1E 4290660.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86C8Q76F+XV

Daylight in Warrensburg

At 38.76° N, Warrensburg gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Warrensburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Knob Noster, 8.7 miles away, with 2,932 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Warrensburg, MO?

19,998 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 647 (3.3%) from 19,351 in July 2020.

What county is Warrensburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Warrensburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64093.

How far is Warrensburg from Jefferson City?

84.7 miles (136.3 km) in a straight line, heading E from Warrensburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Warrensburg?

Sedalia, MO, with 22,310 residents, 26.7 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.