Texas · Census place 4811464
Burnet, Texas
Burnet is a city in Burnet County, Texas with an estimated 6,869 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 319th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 6,869
- #319 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +6.1%
- +393 people
- Land area
- 10.5 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 654 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Burnet population, 2020 to 2024
Burnet added 393 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.1%. In the latest year it moved by -122. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 163rd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Burnet is 45% of it.
Burnet covers 10.50 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 654 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Burnet is less dense than the typical town.
What county Burnet is in
All of Burnet's residents live in Burnet County, which had 55,722 residents in 2024. Burnet holds 12.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Burnet
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Burnet by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78611. 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 Burnet is
The Census internal point of Burnet is at 30.750600, -98.238200. Austin, the capital, is 44.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marble Falls, TX (9,413 people), 13.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Georgetown, TX, 32.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.750600, -98.238200
- DMS
- 30°45'2.16"N 98°14'17.52"W
- UTM
- 14N 572915.7E 3402210.5N
- Geohash
- 9v6nutcph
- Plus code
- 8623QQ26+6P
Daylight in Burnet
At 30.75° N, Burnet gets about 14 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Burnet
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Bertram, 10.5 miles away, with 2,020 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Burnet, TX?
6,869 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 393 (6.1%) from 6,476 in July 2020.
What county is Burnet in?
Burnet County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Burnet?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78611.
How far is Burnet from Austin?
44.3 miles (71.3 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Burnet.
What is the nearest larger city to Burnet?
Marble Falls, TX, with 9,413 residents, 13.4 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.