Texas · Census place 4822960
Eldorado, Texas
Eldorado is a city in Schleicher County, Texas with an estimated 1,495 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 690th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,495
- #690 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- -5.6%
- -89 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 1,076 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Eldorado population, 2020 to 2024
Eldorado lost 89 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.6%. In the latest year it moved by -42.
Eldorado covers 1.39 square miles of land, for 1,076 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Eldorado is less dense than the typical town.
What county Eldorado is in
All of Eldorado's residents live in Schleicher County, which had 2,302 residents in 2024. Eldorado holds 64.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Eldorado
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Eldorado by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76936. 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 Eldorado is
The Census internal point of Eldorado is at 30.861700, -100.597900. Austin, the capital, is 174.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sonora, TX (2,420 people), 20.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Angelo, TX, 40.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.861700, -100.597900
- DMS
- 30°51'42.12"N 100°35'52.44"W
- UTM
- 14N 347225.6E 3415368.0N
- Geohash
- 9v2rwf4y7
- Plus code
- 852XVC62+MR
Daylight in Eldorado
At 30.86° N, Eldorado gets about 14 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Eldorado
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Sonora, 20.3 miles away, with 2,420 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Eldorado, TX?
1,495 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 89 (5.6%) from 1,584 in July 2020.
What county is Eldorado in?
Schleicher County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Eldorado?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76936.
How far is Eldorado from Austin?
174.8 miles (281.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Eldorado.
What is the nearest larger city to Eldorado?
Sonora, TX, with 2,420 residents, 20.3 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.
- 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.