Texas · Census place 4829660
Gladewater, Texas
Gladewater is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 6,307 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 336th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 6,307
- #336 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +2.5%
- +155 people
- Land area
- 11.6 sq mi
- + 0.53 sq mi water
- Density
- 545 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Gladewater population, 2020 to 2024
Gladewater added 155 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +26. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 225th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Gladewater is 41% of it.
Gladewater covers 11.57 square miles of land and 0.53 of water, for 545 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Gladewater is less dense than the typical town.
The 2 counties Gladewater spans
Gladewater crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 6,307 residents as follows; Gregg County holds 60.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Gregg County3,797
- 02Upshur County2,510
ZIP codes in Gladewater
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gladewater by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75647. 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 Gladewater is
The Census internal point of Gladewater is at 32.542500, -94.947100. Austin, the capital, is 227.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Longview, TX (83,668 people), 10.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tyler, TX, 26.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 32.542500, -94.947100
- DMS
- 32°32'33.00"N 94°56'49.56"W
- UTM
- 15N 317162.2E 3602241.9N
- Geohash
- 9vu3pkjtu
- Plus code
- 8647G3R3+X5
Daylight in Gladewater
At 32.54° N, Gladewater gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Gladewater
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is White Oak, 5.5 miles away, with 6,241 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Gladewater, TX?
6,307 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 155 (2.5%) from 6,152 in July 2020.
What county is Gladewater in?
It spans 2 counties: Gregg County (3,797 residents), Upshur County (2,510 residents).
What ZIP codes cover Gladewater?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75647.
How far is Gladewater from Austin?
227.3 miles (365.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Gladewater.
What is the nearest larger city to Gladewater?
Longview, TX, with 83,668 residents, 10.9 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.