West Plains, Missouri

West Plains population, 2020 to 2024

West Plains added 506 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.1%. In the latest year it moved by +113. Among 135 Missouri places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 40th; the median place changed by +1.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Missouri has 12,239 people, so West Plains is 1.0 times that size.

West Plains covers 13.31 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 954 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so West Plains is less dense than the typical town.

What county West Plains is in

All of West Plains's residents live in Howell County, which had 40,762 residents in 2024. West Plains holds 31.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Plains

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West Plains by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65775. 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 West Plains is

The Census internal point of West Plains is at 36.737400, -91.868000. Jefferson City, the capital, is 128.3 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mountain Home, AR (13,348 people), 39.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 84.8 miles away.

Daylight in West Plains

At 36.74° N, West Plains gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Plains

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Willow Springs, 18.0 miles away, with 2,219 people.