Missouri · Census place 2978370

Wellston, Missouri

Wellston is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri with an estimated 1,590 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 273rd largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,590; #273 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020: +3.5%; +54 people
Land area: 0.9 sq mi
Density: 1,710 / sq mi; State median 1,448

Orange pin: Wellston. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

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Wellston population, 2020 to 2024

Wellston added 54 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,538. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wellston covers 0.93 square miles of land, for 1,710 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Wellston is denser than the typical town.

What county Wellston is in

All of Wellston's residents live in St. Louis County, which had 992,929 residents in 2024. Wellston holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wellston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wellston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63133. 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 Wellston is

The Census internal point of Wellston is at 38.675000, -90.294000. Jefferson City, the capital, is 101.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pagedale, MO (2,516 people), 0.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 3.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.675000, -90.294000
DMS: 38°40'30.00"N 90°17'38.40"W
UTM: 15N 735404.8E 4284187.2N
Geohash: 9yzu129fj
Plus code: 86CFMPG4+2C

Daylight in Wellston

At 38.68° N, Wellston gets about 14 h 53 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 Wellston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Hillsdale, 0.8 miles away, with 1,185 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wellston, MO?

1,590 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 54 (3.5%) from 1,536 in July 2020.

What county is Wellston in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wellston?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63133.

How far is Wellston from Jefferson City?

101.6 miles (163.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Wellston.

What is the nearest larger city to Wellston?

Pagedale, MO, with 2,516 residents, 0.9 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.