Texas · Census place 4805372

Balch Springs, Texas

Balch Springs is a city in Dallas County, Texas with an estimated 27,307 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 121st largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
27,307
#121 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-1.2%
-322 people
Land area
9.1 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
3,007 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Balch Springs. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Balch Springs population, 2020 to 2024

Balch Springs lost 322 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +228. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 339th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Balch Springs is 1.8 times that size.

27.6k202027.2k202127.1k202227.1k202327.3k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 27,707. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Balch Springs covers 9.08 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 3,007 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Balch Springs is denser than the typical town.

What county Balch Springs is in

All of Balch Springs's residents live in Dallas County, which had 2,656,028 residents in 2024. Balch Springs holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Balch Springs

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Balch Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75180, 75181. 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 Balch Springs is

The Census internal point of Balch Springs is at 32.713900, -96.618100. Austin, the capital, is 181.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mesquite, TX (150,140 people), 3.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.713900, -96.618100
DMS
32°42'50.04"N 96°37'5.16"W
UTM
14N 723249.5E 3622079.4N
Geohash
9vg617ku7
Plus code
8645P97J+HQ

Daylight in Balch Springs

At 32.71° N, Balch Springs gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Balch Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Mesquite, 3.7 miles away, with 150,140 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Balch Springs, TX?

27,307 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 322 (1.2%) from 27,629 in July 2020.

What county is Balch Springs in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Balch Springs?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 75180, 75181.

How far is Balch Springs from Austin?

181.1 miles (291.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Balch Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to Balch Springs?

Mesquite, TX, with 150,140 residents, 3.7 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.