Texas · Census place 4815976
College Station, Texas
College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas with an estimated 128,023 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 31st largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 128,023
- #31 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +6.0%
- +7,244 people
- Land area
- 51.2 sq mi
- + 0.14 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,502 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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College Station population, 2020 to 2024
College Station added 7,244 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.0%. In the latest year it moved by +1,185. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 166th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so College Station is 8.3 times that size.
College Station covers 51.16 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 2,502 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so College Station is denser than the typical town.
What county College Station is in
All of College Station's residents live in Brazos County, which had 249,624 residents in 2024. College Station holds 51.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in College Station
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap College Station by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77840, 77843, 77845. 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 College Station is
The Census internal point of College Station is at 30.585200, -96.296400. Austin, the capital, is 88.7 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Houston, TX (2,390,125 people), 77.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Conroe, TX, 51.5 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 90 m (295 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.585200, -96.296400
- DMS
- 30°35'6.72"N 96°17'47.04"W
- UTM
- 14N 759259.2E 3386746.9N
- Geohash
- 9v7tbxz5e
- Plus code
- 8625HPP3+3C
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in College Station
At 30.59° N, College Station gets about 14 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the College Station daylight page.
Places near College Station
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Bryan, 7.5 miles away, with 91,541 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of College Station, TX?
128,023 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7,244 (6.0%) from 120,779 in July 2020.
What county is College Station in?
Brazos County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover College Station?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 77840, 77843, 77845.
How far is College Station from Austin?
88.7 miles (142.7 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from College Station.
What is the nearest larger city to College Station?
Houston, TX, with 2,390,125 residents, 77.4 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.