Texas · Census place 4813312
Castroville, Texas
Castroville is a city in Medina County, Texas with an estimated 3,201 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 478th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,201
- #478 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +7.6%
- +225 people
- Land area
- 3.6 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 902 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Castroville population, 2020 to 2024
Castroville added 225 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.6%. In the latest year it moved by +32.
Castroville covers 3.55 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 902 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Castroville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Castroville is in
All of Castroville's residents live in Medina County, which had 55,619 residents in 2024. Castroville holds 5.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Castroville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Castroville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78009. 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 Castroville is
The Census internal point of Castroville is at 29.359900, -98.854700. Austin, the capital, is 91.9 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lytle, TX (3,325 people), 9.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Antonio, TX, 21.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.359900, -98.854700
- DMS
- 29°21'35.64"N 98°51'16.92"W
- UTM
- 14N 514102.9E 3247869.3N
- Geohash
- 9v1xn8b1y
- Plus code
- 76X3945W+X4
Daylight in Castroville
At 29.36° N, Castroville gets about 14 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Castroville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is LaCoste, 4.3 miles away, with 1,222 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Castroville, TX?
3,201 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 225 (7.6%) from 2,976 in July 2020.
What county is Castroville in?
Medina County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Castroville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78009.
How far is Castroville from Austin?
91.9 miles (148.0 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Castroville.
What is the nearest larger city to Castroville?
Lytle, TX, with 3,325 residents, 9.4 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.