Texas · Census place 4813492

Cedar Hill, Texas

Cedar Hill is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 49,618 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 76th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
49,618
#76 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+510 people
Land area
35.8 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
1,386 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Cedar Hill. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Austin.

Cedar Hill population, 2020 to 2024

Cedar Hill added 510 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +632. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 269th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Cedar Hill is 3.2 times that size.

49.1k202048.6k202148.5k202249.0k202349.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 49,151. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cedar Hill covers 35.79 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,386 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Cedar Hill is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Cedar Hill spans

Cedar Hill crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 49,618 residents as follows; Dallas County holds 98.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Dallas County48,956
  2. 02Ellis County662
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Cedar Hill

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cedar Hill by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75104. 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 Cedar Hill is

The Census internal point of Cedar Hill is at 32.584300, -96.958900. Austin, the capital, is 166.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is DeSoto, TX (56,711 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Prairie, TX, 7.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.584300, -96.958900
DMS
32°35'3.48"N 96°57'32.04"W
UTM
14N 691577.3E 3607042.1N
Geohash
9vg13eu9m
Plus code
8645H2MR+PC

Daylight in Cedar Hill

At 32.58° N, Cedar Hill gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 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 Cedar Hill

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Duncanville, 5.0 miles away, with 39,203 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cedar Hill, TX?

49,618 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 510 (1.0%) from 49,108 in July 2020.

What county is Cedar Hill in?

It spans 2 counties: Dallas County (48,956 residents), Ellis County (662 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Cedar Hill?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75104.

How far is Cedar Hill from Austin?

166.1 miles (267.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Cedar Hill.

What is the nearest larger city to Cedar Hill?

DeSoto, TX, with 56,711 residents, 5.7 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.