Texas · Census place 4811428

Burleson, Texas

Burleson is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 56,253 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 68th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
56,253
#68 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+17.2%
+8,252 people
Land area
29.2 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
1,928 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Burleson. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Austin.

Burleson population, 2020 to 2024

Burleson added 8,252 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +17.2%. In the latest year it moved by +964. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 80th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Burleson is 3.7 times that size.

48.0k202051.5k202153.5k202255.3k202356.3k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 47,640. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Burleson covers 29.18 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,928 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Burleson is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Burleson spans

Burleson crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 56,253 residents as follows; Johnson County holds 81.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Johnson County45,756
  2. 02Tarrant County10,497
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Burleson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Burleson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76028. 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 Burleson is

The Census internal point of Burleson is at 32.516500, -97.327400. Austin, the capital, is 156.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mansfield, TX (80,803 people), 12.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Arlington, TX, 17.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.516500, -97.327400
DMS
32°30'59.40"N 97°19'38.64"W
UTM
14N 657103.5E 3598921.0N
Geohash
9vfbcr2q7
Plus code
8644GM8F+J2

Daylight in Burleson

At 32.52° N, Burleson gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Burleson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Crowley, 4.5 miles away, with 20,483 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Burleson, TX?

56,253 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8,252 (17.2%) from 48,001 in July 2020.

What county is Burleson in?

It spans 2 counties: Johnson County (45,756 residents), Tarrant County (10,497 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Burleson?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76028.

How far is Burleson from Austin?

156.8 miles (252.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Burleson.

What is the nearest larger city to Burleson?

Mansfield, TX, with 80,803 residents, 12.6 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)

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