Texas · Census place 4829840

Glenn Heights, Texas

Glenn Heights is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 19,752 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 155th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
19,752
#155 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+22.8%
+3,673 people
Land area
7.3 sq mi
Density
2,717 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Glenn Heights. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Austin.

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Glenn Heights population, 2020 to 2024

Glenn Heights added 3,673 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +22.8%. In the latest year it moved by +732. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 64th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Glenn Heights is 1.3 times that size.

16.1k202017.2k202118.4k202219.0k202319.8k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,839. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Glenn Heights covers 7.27 square miles of land, for 2,717 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Glenn Heights is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Glenn Heights spans

Glenn Heights crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 19,752 residents as follows; Dallas County holds 70.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Dallas County13,861
  2. 02Ellis County5,891
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Glenn Heights

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Glenn Heights by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75154. 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 Glenn Heights is

The Census internal point of Glenn Heights is at 32.551300, -96.854400. Austin, the capital, is 165.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is DeSoto, TX (56,711 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Prairie, TX, 13.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.551300, -96.854400
DMS
32°33'4.68"N 96°51'15.84"W
UTM
14N 701461.4E 3603576.0N
Geohash
9vg1hjbc0
Plus code
8645H42W+G6

Daylight in Glenn Heights

At 32.55° N, Glenn Heights 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 Glenn Heights

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Ovilla, 1.8 miles away, with 4,771 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Glenn Heights, TX?

19,752 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,673 (22.8%) from 16,079 in July 2020.

What county is Glenn Heights in?

It spans 2 counties: Dallas County (13,861 residents), Ellis County (5,891 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Glenn Heights?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75154.

How far is Glenn Heights from Austin?

165.8 miles (266.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Glenn Heights.

What is the nearest larger city to Glenn Heights?

DeSoto, TX, with 56,711 residents, 3.4 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.