Missouri · Census place 2978442
Wentzville, Missouri
Wentzville is a city in St. Charles County, Missouri with an estimated 48,646 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 15th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 48,646
- #15 of 338 in Missouri
- Change since 2020
- +7.4%
- +3,364 people
- Land area
- 21.7 sq mi
- Density
- 2,239 / sq mi
- State median 1,448
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Wentzville population, 2020 to 2024
Wentzville added 3,364 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.4%. In the latest year it moved by +703. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 25th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so Wentzville is 4.0 times that size.
Wentzville covers 21.73 square miles of land, for 2,239 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Wentzville is denser than the typical town.
What county Wentzville is in
All of Wentzville's residents live in St. Charles County, which had 423,726 residents in 2024. Wentzville holds 11.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wentzville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wentzville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 63385. 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 Wentzville is
The Census internal point of Wentzville is at 38.816500, -90.870800. Jefferson City, the capital, is 72.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is O'Fallon, MO (95,355 people), 8.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 36.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.816500, -90.870800
- DMS
- 38°48'59.40"N 90°52'14.88"W
- UTM
- 15N 684855.6E 4298567.3N
- Geohash
- 9yzku4mfs
- Plus code
- 86CFR48H+HM
Daylight in Wentzville
At 38.82° N, Wentzville 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 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wentzville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Lake St. Louis, 5.2 miles away, with 19,160 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wentzville, MO?
48,646 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,364 (7.4%) from 45,282 in July 2020.
What county is Wentzville in?
St. Charles County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wentzville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 63385.
How far is Wentzville from Jefferson City?
72.1 miles (116.1 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Wentzville.
What is the nearest larger city to Wentzville?
O'Fallon, MO, with 95,355 residents, 8.4 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.