Missouri · Census place 2978314

Weldon Spring, Missouri

Weldon Spring is a city in St. Charles County, Missouri with an estimated 5,304 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 130th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,304
#130 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
-0.5%
-29 people
Land area
7.7 sq mi
+ 0.13 sq mi water
Density
693 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Weldon Spring. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Weldon Spring population, 2020 to 2024

Weldon Spring lost 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +22. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 93rd; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Weldon Spring is 43% of it.

5,33320205,31120215,27920225,28220235,3042024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,328. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Weldon Spring covers 7.65 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 693 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Weldon Spring is less dense than the typical town.

What county Weldon Spring is in

All of Weldon Spring's residents live in St. Charles County, which had 423,726 residents in 2024. Weldon Spring holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Weldon Spring

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Weldon Spring by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63304. 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 Weldon Spring is

The Census internal point of Weldon Spring is at 38.709400, -90.652500. Jefferson City, the capital, is 82.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cottleville, MO (6,378 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 22.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.709400, -90.652500
DMS
38°42'33.84"N 90°39'9.00"W
UTM
15N 704115.6E 4287145.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CFP85W+QX

Daylight in Weldon Spring

At 38.71° N, Weldon Spring 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 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Weldon Spring

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Cottleville, 2.9 miles away, with 6,378 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Weldon Spring, MO?

5,304 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 29 (0.5%) from 5,333 in July 2020.

What county is Weldon Spring in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Weldon Spring?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63304.

How far is Weldon Spring from Jefferson City?

82.5 miles (132.8 km) in a straight line, heading W from Weldon Spring.

What is the nearest larger city to Weldon Spring?

Cottleville, MO, with 6,378 residents, 2.9 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.