Texas · Census place 4802284

Alvord, Texas

Alvord is a town in Wise County, Texas with an estimated 1,594 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 677th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,594; #677 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020: +17.7%; +240 people
Land area: 1.5 sq mi
Density: 1,049 / sq mi; State median 1,561

Orange pin: Alvord. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

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Alvord population, 2020 to 2024

Alvord added 240 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +17.7%. In the latest year it moved by +49.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,349. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Alvord covers 1.52 square miles of land, for 1,049 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Alvord is less dense than the typical town.

What county Alvord is in

All of Alvord's residents live in Wise County, which had 81,275 residents in 2024. Alvord holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Alvord

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Alvord by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 76225. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Alvord is

The Census internal point of Alvord is at 33.357000, -97.696000. Austin, the capital, is 213.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Decatur, TX (8,266 people), 11.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Denton, TX, 33.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 33.357000, -97.696000
DMS: 33°21'25.20"N 97°41'45.60"W
UTM: 14N 621325.5E 3691624.4N
Geohash: 9vftbb7yw
Plus code: 86549843+RH

Daylight in Alvord

At 33.36° N, Alvord gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Alvord

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Chico, 7.3 miles away, with 1,103 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Alvord, TX?

1,594 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 240 (17.7%) from 1,354 in July 2020.

What county is Alvord in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Alvord?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76225.

How far is Alvord from Austin?

213.0 miles (342.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Alvord.

What is the nearest larger city to Alvord?

Decatur, TX, with 8,266 residents, 11.1 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.