Texas · Census place 4823140

Elkhart, Texas

Elkhart is a town in Anderson County, Texas with an estimated 1,266 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 743rd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,266
#743 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-26 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
822 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Elkhart. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

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Elkhart population, 2020 to 2024

Elkhart lost 26 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +7.

1,29220201,28120211,26320221,25920231,2662024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,295. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Elkhart covers 1.54 square miles of land, for 822 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Elkhart is less dense than the typical town.

What county Elkhart is in

All of Elkhart's residents live in Anderson County, which had 59,512 residents in 2024. Elkhart holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elkhart

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elkhart by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 75839. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Elkhart is

The Census internal point of Elkhart is at 31.631400, -95.580400. Austin, the capital, is 158.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Palestine, TX (19,583 people), 9.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tyler, TX, 50.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.631400, -95.580400
DMS
31°37'53.04"N 95°34'49.44"W
UTM
15N 255259.9E 3502471.9N
Geohash
9vs5cn26r
Plus code
8636JCJ9+HR

Daylight in Elkhart

At 31.63° N, Elkhart gets about 14 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elkhart

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Palestine, 9.4 miles away, with 19,583 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Elkhart, TX?

1,266 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 26 (2.0%) from 1,292 in July 2020.

What county is Elkhart in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Elkhart?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75839.

How far is Elkhart from Austin?

158.6 miles (255.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Elkhart.

What is the nearest larger city to Elkhart?

Palestine, TX, with 19,583 residents, 9.4 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.

  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.