Missouri · Census place 2978856

Weston, Missouri

Weston is a city in Platte County, Missouri with an estimated 1,837 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 253rd largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,837
#253 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+4.5%
+79 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
489 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Weston. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Weston population, 2020 to 2024

Weston added 79 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.5%. In the latest year it moved by +23.

1,75820201,76820211,78620221,81420231,8372024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,756. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Weston covers 3.76 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 489 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Weston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Weston is in

All of Weston's residents live in Platte County, which had 113,207 residents in 2024. Weston holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Weston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Weston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 64098. 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 Weston is

The Census internal point of Weston is at 39.404100, -94.891300. Jefferson City, the capital, is 156.7 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Leavenworth, KS (37,370 people), 5.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Kansas City, KS, 21.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.404100, -94.891300
DMS
39°24'14.76"N 94°53'28.68"W
UTM
15N 337158.8E 4363328.0N
Geohash
9zh80tq38
Plus code
86F7C435+JF

Daylight in Weston

At 39.40° N, Weston gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Weston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Platte City, 7.8 miles away, with 4,867 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Weston, MO?

1,837 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 79 (4.5%) from 1,758 in July 2020.

What county is Weston in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Weston?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 64098.

How far is Weston from Jefferson City?

156.7 miles (252.2 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Weston.

What is the nearest larger city to Weston?

Leavenworth, KS, with 37,370 residents, 5.9 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.