Bastrop, Texas

Bastrop population, 2020 to 2024

Bastrop added 2,928 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +29.9%. In the latest year it moved by +945. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 47th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Bastrop is 83% of it.

Bastrop covers 9.22 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 1,380 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Bastrop is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bastrop is in

All of Bastrop's residents live in Bastrop County, which had 114,931 residents in 2024. Bastrop holds 11.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bastrop

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bastrop by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78602. 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 Bastrop is

The Census internal point of Bastrop is at 30.111100, -97.318200. Austin, the capital, is 27.6 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Manor, TX (21,500 people), 22.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Austin, TX, 29.1 miles away.

Daylight in Bastrop

At 30.11° N, Bastrop gets about 14 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bastrop

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Smithville, 12.2 miles away, with 4,335 people.