Texas · Census place 4817516

Crane, Texas

Crane is a city in Crane County, Texas with an estimated 3,375 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 469th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,375
#469 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-2.8%
-99 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
3,214 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Crane. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Crane population, 2020 to 2024

Crane lost 99 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -4.

3,47420203,43420213,36220223,37920233,3752024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,477. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Crane covers 1.05 square miles of land, for 3,214 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Crane is denser than the typical town.

What county Crane is in

All of Crane's residents live in Crane County, which had 4,594 residents in 2024. Crane holds 73.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Crane

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Crane by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79731. 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 Crane is

The Census internal point of Crane is at 31.391800, -102.350300. Austin, the capital, is 284.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Odessa, TX (119,748 people), 33.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.391800, -102.350300
DMS
31°23'30.48"N 102°21'1.08"W
UTM
13N 751957.7E 3476060.6N
Geohash
9tx4wfwy3
Plus code
853V9JRX+PV

Daylight in Crane

At 31.39° N, Crane gets about 14 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Crane

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is McCamey, 19.5 miles away, with 1,728 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Crane, TX?

3,375 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 99 (2.8%) from 3,474 in July 2020.

What county is Crane in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Crane?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79731.

How far is Crane from Austin?

284.2 miles (457.4 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Crane.

What is the nearest larger city to Crane?

Odessa, TX, with 119,748 residents, 33.7 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.