Texas · Census place 4803708

Arcola, Texas

Arcola is a city in Fort Bend County, Texas with an estimated 2,453 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 545th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,453
#545 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+18.0%
+374 people
Land area
2.6 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
954 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Arcola. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Arcola population, 2020 to 2024

Arcola added 374 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +18.0%. In the latest year it moved by +79.

2,07920202,18120212,27220222,37420232,4532024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,054. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Arcola covers 2.57 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 954 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Arcola is less dense than the typical town.

What county Arcola is in

All of Arcola's residents live in Fort Bend County, which had 958,434 residents in 2024. Arcola holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Arcola

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Arcola by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77545, 77583. 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 Arcola is

The Census internal point of Arcola is at 29.503800, -95.469600. Austin, the capital, is 146.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Iowa Colony, TX (17,240 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pearland, TX, 9.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.503800, -95.469600
DMS
29°30'13.68"N 95°28'10.56"W
UTM
15N 260598.3E 3266346.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
76X6GG3J+G5

Daylight in Arcola

At 29.50° N, Arcola gets about 14 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Arcola

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Iowa Colony, 5.1 miles away, with 17,240 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Arcola, TX?

2,453 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 374 (18.0%) from 2,079 in July 2020.

What county is Arcola in?

Fort Bend County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Arcola?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 77545, 77583.

How far is Arcola from Austin?

146.0 miles (235.0 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Arcola.

What is the nearest larger city to Arcola?

Iowa Colony, TX, with 17,240 residents, 5.2 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.