Texas · Census place 4823164
El Lago, Texas
El Lago is a city in Harris County, Texas with an estimated 2,990 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 498th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,990
- #498 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- -2.3%
- -70 people
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,672 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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El Lago population, 2020 to 2024
El Lago lost 70 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +9.
El Lago covers 0.64 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 4,672 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so El Lago is denser than the typical town.
What county El Lago is in
All of El Lago's residents live in Harris County, which had 5,009,302 residents in 2024. El Lago holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in El Lago
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps El Lago by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77586. 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 El Lago is
The Census internal point of El Lago is at 29.571500, -95.045200. Austin, the capital, is 168.5 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Taylor Lake Village, TX (3,792 people), 0.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is League City, TX, 6.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.571500, -95.045200
- DMS
- 29°34'17.40"N 95°02'42.72"W
- UTM
- 15N 301881.5E 3273051.1N
- Geohash
- 9vk2jpq4q
- Plus code
- 76X6HXC3+JW
Daylight in El Lago
At 29.57° N, El Lago 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 El Lago
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Taylor Lake Village, 0.6 miles away, with 3,792 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of El Lago, TX?
2,990 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 70 (2.3%) from 3,060 in July 2020.
What county is El Lago in?
Harris County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover El Lago?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77586.
How far is El Lago from Austin?
168.5 miles (271.2 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from El Lago.
What is the nearest larger city to El Lago?
Taylor Lake Village, TX, with 3,792 residents, 0.6 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)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.