Texas · Census place 4827996

Galena Park, Texas

Galena Park is a city in Harris County, Texas with an estimated 10,438 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 240th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,438
#240 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-2.3%
-251 people
Land area
4.8 sq mi
+ 0.12 sq mi water
Density
2,175 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Galena Park. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Galena Park population, 2020 to 2024

Galena Park lost 251 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +28. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 359th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Galena Park is 68% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,738. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Galena Park covers 4.80 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 2,175 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Galena Park is denser than the typical town.

What county Galena Park is in

All of Galena Park's residents live in Harris County, which had 5,009,302 residents in 2024. Galena Park holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Galena Park

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Galena Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77015, 77029, 77547. 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 Galena Park is

The Census internal point of Galena Park is at 29.745200, -95.234600. Austin, the capital, is 154.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is South Houston, TX (16,146 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pasadena, TX, 8.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.745200, -95.234600
DMS
29°44'42.72"N 95°14'4.56"W
UTM
15N 283901.5E 3292643.4N
Geohash
9vk30yuq2
Plus code
76X6PQW8+35

Daylight in Galena Park

At 29.75° N, Galena Park gets about 14 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Galena Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Jacinto City, 1.5 miles away, with 9,431 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Galena Park, TX?

10,438 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 251 (2.3%) from 10,689 in July 2020.

What county is Galena Park in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Galena Park?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 77015, 77029, 77547.

How far is Galena Park from Austin?

154.3 miles (248.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Galena Park.

What is the nearest larger city to Galena Park?

South Houston, TX, with 16,146 residents, 5.8 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.