Texas · Census place 4809916

Brady, Texas

Brady is a city in McCulloch County, Texas with an estimated 4,956 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 385th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,956
#385 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-2.5%
-127 people
Land area
8.9 sq mi
+ 2.50 sq mi water
Density
554 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Brady. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Brady population, 2020 to 2024

Brady lost 127 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -49.

5,08320205,03220215,00120225,00520234,9562024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,113. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brady covers 8.94 square miles of land and 2.50 of water, for 554 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Brady is less dense than the typical town.

What county Brady is in

All of Brady's residents live in McCulloch County, which had 7,448 residents in 2024. Brady holds 66.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brady

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brady by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76825. 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 Brady is

The Census internal point of Brady is at 31.115400, -99.345900. Austin, the capital, is 111.7 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brownwood, TX (18,772 people), 46.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Angelo, TX, 69.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.115400, -99.345900
DMS
31°06'55.44"N 99°20'45.24"W
UTM
14N 467018.0E 3442442.7N
Geohash
9v93526s2
Plus code
86324M83+5J

Daylight in Brady

At 31.12° N, Brady gets about 14 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brady

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Mason, 26.3 miles away, with 2,152 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brady, TX?

4,956 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 127 (2.5%) from 5,083 in July 2020.

What county is Brady in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Brady?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76825.

How far is Brady from Austin?

111.7 miles (179.8 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Brady.

What is the nearest larger city to Brady?

Brownwood, TX, with 18,772 residents, 46.7 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.