Missouri · Census place 2980098

Willow Springs, Missouri

Willow Springs is a city in Howell County, Missouri with an estimated 2,219 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 225th largest of 338 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,219
#225 of 338 in Missouri
Change since 2020
+1.6%
+34 people
Land area
3.6 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
615 / sq mi
State median 1,448
Orange pin: Willow Springs. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Jefferson City.

Willow Springs population, 2020 to 2024

Willow Springs added 34 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by -4.

2,18520202,19320212,22120222,22320232,2192024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,185. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Willow Springs covers 3.61 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 615 people per square mile of land. The median Missouri place of 5,000+ has 1,448, so Willow Springs is less dense than the typical town.

What county Willow Springs is in

All of Willow Springs's residents live in Howell County, which had 40,762 residents in 2024. Willow Springs holds 5.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Willow Springs

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Willow Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 65793. 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 Willow Springs is

The Census internal point of Willow Springs is at 36.986800, -91.961600. Jefferson City, the capital, is 110.6 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mountain View, MO (2,668 people), 14.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, MO, 74.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.986800, -91.961600
DMS
36°59'12.48"N 91°57'41.76"W
UTM
15N 592410.1E 4093911.9N
Geohash
9ywd7m5xe
Plus code
868CX2PQ+P9

Daylight in Willow Springs

At 36.99° N, Willow Springs gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Willow Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Missouri, measured between internal points. The closest is Cabool, 12.4 miles away, with 2,059 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Willow Springs, MO?

2,219 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 34 (1.6%) from 2,185 in July 2020.

What county is Willow Springs in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Willow Springs?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 65793.

How far is Willow Springs from Jefferson City?

110.6 miles (178.0 km) in a straight line, heading N from Willow Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to Willow Springs?

Mountain View, MO, with 2,668 residents, 14.4 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.

  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.