Texas · Census place 4815328

Clear Lake Shores, Texas

Clear Lake Shores is a city in Galveston County, Texas with an estimated 1,294 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 738th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,294; #738 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020: +1.2%; +15 people
Land area: 0.4 sq mi; + 0.28 sq mi water
Density: 2,941 / sq mi; State median 1,561

Orange pin: Clear Lake Shores. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

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Clear Lake Shores population, 2020 to 2024

Clear Lake Shores added 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,277. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Clear Lake Shores covers 0.44 square miles of land and 0.28 of water, for 2,941 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Clear Lake Shores is denser than the typical town.

What county Clear Lake Shores is in

All of Clear Lake Shores's residents live in Galveston County, which had 367,407 residents in 2024. Clear Lake Shores holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clear Lake Shores

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clear Lake Shores by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77565. 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 Clear Lake Shores is

The Census internal point of Clear Lake Shores is at 29.544300, -95.032500. Austin, the capital, is 169.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kemah, TX (2,853 people), 1.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is League City, TX, 6.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 29.544300, -95.032500
DMS: 29°32'39.48"N 95°01'57.00"W
UTM: 15N 303059.3E 3270014.7N
Geohash: 9vk2j6rkn
Plus code: 76X6GXV8+PX

Daylight in Clear Lake Shores

At 29.54° N, Clear Lake Shores gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clear Lake Shores

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Kemah, 1.3 miles away, with 2,853 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Clear Lake Shores, TX?

1,294 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 15 (1.2%) from 1,279 in July 2020.

What county is Clear Lake Shores in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Clear Lake Shores?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77565.

How far is Clear Lake Shores from Austin?

169.8 miles (273.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Clear Lake Shores.

What is the nearest larger city to Clear Lake Shores?

Kemah, TX, with 2,853 residents, 1.3 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.