Texas · Census place 4821988

East Bernard, Texas

East Bernard is a city in Wharton County, Texas with an estimated 2,264 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 569th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,264
#569 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+1.8%
+41 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
Density
597 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: East Bernard. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

East Bernard population, 2020 to 2024

East Bernard added 41 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

2,22320202,23520212,24920222,25520232,2642024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,222. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

East Bernard covers 3.79 square miles of land, for 597 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so East Bernard is less dense than the typical town.

What county East Bernard is in

All of East Bernard's residents live in Wharton County, which had 42,035 residents in 2024. East Bernard holds 5.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in East Bernard

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps East Bernard by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77435. 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 East Bernard is

The Census internal point of East Bernard is at 29.524400, -96.063000. Austin, the capital, is 113.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Weston Lakes, TX (4,514 people), 12.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sugar Land, TX, 26.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.524400, -96.063000
DMS
29°31'27.84"N 96°03'46.80"W
UTM
14N 784672.4E 3269684.4N
Geohash
9v5xync01
Plus code
76X5GWFP+QR

Daylight in East Bernard

At 29.52° N, East Bernard gets about 14 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near East Bernard

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Wallis, 7.4 miles away, with 1,360 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of East Bernard, TX?

2,264 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 41 (1.8%) from 2,223 in July 2020.

What county is East Bernard in?

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

What ZIP codes cover East Bernard?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77435.

How far is East Bernard from Austin?

113.0 miles (181.9 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from East Bernard.

What is the nearest larger city to East Bernard?

Weston Lakes, TX, with 4,514 residents, 12.1 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.