Texas · Census place 4827348
Fredericksburg, Texas
Fredericksburg is a city in Gillespie County, Texas with an estimated 11,766 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 222nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 11,766
- #222 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +6.7%
- +734 people
- Land area
- 9.6 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,231 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Fredericksburg population, 2020 to 2024
Fredericksburg added 734 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.7%. In the latest year it moved by +188. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 160th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Fredericksburg is 77% of it.
Fredericksburg covers 9.56 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,231 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Fredericksburg is less dense than the typical town.
What county Fredericksburg is in
All of Fredericksburg's residents live in Gillespie County, which had 28,159 residents in 2024. Fredericksburg holds 41.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fredericksburg
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fredericksburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78624. 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 Fredericksburg is
The Census internal point of Fredericksburg is at 30.265700, -98.875700. Austin, the capital, is 67.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kerrville, TX (25,141 people), 21.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Antonio, TX, 59.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.265700, -98.875700
- DMS
- 30°15'56.52"N 98°52'32.52"W
- UTM
- 14N 511956.4E 3348234.2N
- Geohash
- 9v3snj8ym
- Plus code
- 8623748F+7P
Daylight in Fredericksburg
At 30.27° N, Fredericksburg gets about 14 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fredericksburg
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Kerrville, 21.9 miles away, with 25,141 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fredericksburg, TX?
11,766 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 734 (6.7%) from 11,032 in July 2020.
What county is Fredericksburg in?
Gillespie County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fredericksburg?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78624.
How far is Fredericksburg from Austin?
67.8 miles (109.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Fredericksburg.
What is the nearest larger city to Fredericksburg?
Kerrville, TX, with 25,141 residents, 21.9 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.