Texas · Census place 4811224

Bulverde, Texas

Bulverde is a city in Comal County, Texas with an estimated 7,198 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 312th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,198
#312 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+25.1%
+1,445 people
Land area
15.8 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
455 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Bulverde. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Bulverde population, 2020 to 2024

Bulverde added 1,445 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +25.1%. In the latest year it moved by +212. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 57th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Bulverde is 47% of it.

5,75320206,01620216,51420226,98620237,1982024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,703. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bulverde covers 15.81 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 455 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Bulverde is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bulverde is in

All of Bulverde's residents live in Comal County, which had 201,628 residents in 2024. Bulverde holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bulverde

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bulverde by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78070, 78163. 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 Bulverde is

The Census internal point of Bulverde is at 29.774500, -98.435000. Austin, the capital, is 54.0 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fair Oaks Ranch, TX (11,744 people), 12.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Braunfels, TX, 19.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.774500, -98.435000
DMS
29°46'28.20"N 98°26'6.00"W
UTM
14N 554616.2E 3293932.3N
Geohash
9v612h3c4
Plus code
76X3QHF8+R2

Daylight in Bulverde

At 29.77° N, Bulverde gets about 14 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bulverde

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Fair Oaks Ranch, 12.3 miles away, with 11,744 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bulverde, TX?

7,198 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,445 (25.1%) from 5,753 in July 2020.

What county is Bulverde in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bulverde?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 78070, 78163.

How far is Bulverde from Austin?

54.0 miles (87.0 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Bulverde.

What is the nearest larger city to Bulverde?

Fair Oaks Ranch, TX, with 11,744 residents, 12.4 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.