Texas

Distance from Round Rock to Waco

Straight-line distance

76.6mi

Round Rock, TX and Waco, TX are 76.6 miles (123.3 km) apart in a straight line. From Round Rock, the shortest path starts out heading NNE (21°).

kilometers
123.3
nautical miles
66.6
heading from Round Rock
21° NNE
heading from Waco
202° SSW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Round Rock is from Waco

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Round Rock and Waco is 76.6 miles, 123.3 km or 66.6 nautical miles. That is the shortest path over the Earth's surface, computed with the haversine formula on a sphere with the mean Earth radius, 6,371.0 km. A course held on one compass bearing (a rhumb line) would be 76.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
76.6
Kilometers
123.3
Nautical miles
66.6
Bearing from Round Rock
21.4° NNE
Bearing arriving at Waco
21.6°
Bearing from Waco
201.6° SSW

Halfway between Round Rock and Waco

The great-circle midpoint is at 31.042266, -97.427884 (31°02'32.16"N 97°25'40.38"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Belton, TX, with 25,635 residents, 3.1 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Round Rock gets 14 h 07 min of daylight and Waco 14 h 13 min; on December 21, 10 h 10 min and 10 h 05 min. Waco is 1.03° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Waco has 1.1 times the population of Round Rock. From July 2020 to July 2024, Round Rock changed by +12.3% and Waco by +4.3%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Round Rock, TX135,359 (+12.3%)
  2. 02Waco, TX146,608 (+4.3%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Round Rock from Waco?

76.6 miles, 123.3 km or 66.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Waco from Round Rock?

NNE. The great-circle path leaves Round Rock on a bearing of 21.4° and arrives at Waco on 21.6°. The return trip starts on 201.6°.

What is halfway between Round Rock and Waco?

The midpoint is at 31.042266, -97.427884. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Belton, TX, 3.1 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Round Rock and Waco?

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference.

Which is bigger, Round Rock or Waco?

Waco, with 146,608 residents in July 2024 against 135,359 for Round Rock, 1.1 times as many.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and Vintage 2024 estimates; time zones from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  2. 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  3. 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  4. 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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