Texas · Census place 4831280

Groesbeck, Texas

Groesbeck is a city in Limestone County, Texas with an estimated 3,960 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 431st largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,960
#431 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+1.5%
+59 people
Land area
4.3 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
912 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Groesbeck. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Groesbeck population, 2020 to 2024

Groesbeck added 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +37.

3,90120203,87920213,89020223,92320233,9602024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,900. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Groesbeck covers 4.34 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 912 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Groesbeck is less dense than the typical town.

What county Groesbeck is in

All of Groesbeck's residents live in Limestone County, which had 22,569 residents in 2024. Groesbeck holds 17.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Groesbeck

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Groesbeck by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76642. 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 Groesbeck is

The Census internal point of Groesbeck is at 31.525600, -96.528100. Austin, the capital, is 112.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mexia, TX (6,916 people), 11.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Waco, TX, 39.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.525600, -96.528100
DMS
31°31'32.16"N 96°31'41.16"W
UTM
14N 734711.6E 3490502.4N
Geohash
9ve777n3u
Plus code
8635GFGC+6Q

Daylight in Groesbeck

At 31.53° N, Groesbeck gets about 14 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Groesbeck

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Mexia, 11.0 miles away, with 6,916 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Groesbeck, TX?

3,960 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 59 (1.5%) from 3,901 in July 2020.

What county is Groesbeck in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Groesbeck?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76642.

How far is Groesbeck from Austin?

112.4 miles (180.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Groesbeck.

What is the nearest larger city to Groesbeck?

Mexia, TX, with 6,916 residents, 11.1 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.