Texas · Census place 4831328

Groves, Texas

Groves is a city in Jefferson County, Texas with an estimated 16,866 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 178th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
16,866
#178 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-2.5%
-433 people
Land area
5.2 sq mi
Density
3,237 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Groves. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Groves population, 2020 to 2024

Groves lost 433 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +28. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 362nd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Groves is 1.1 times that size.

17.3k202017.1k202116.8k202216.8k202316.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 17,341. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Groves covers 5.21 square miles of land, for 3,237 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Groves is denser than the typical town.

What county Groves is in

All of Groves's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 253,948 residents in 2024. Groves holds 6.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Groves

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Groves by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77619. 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 Groves is

The Census internal point of Groves is at 29.946000, -93.916700. Austin, the capital, is 229.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Port Arthur, TX (55,799 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Beaumont, TX, 16.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.946000, -93.916700
DMS
29°56'45.60"N 93°55'0.12"W
UTM
15N 411536.7E 3313155.0N
Geohash
9vm4qgebn
Plus code
76X8W3WM+C8

Daylight in Groves

At 29.95° N, Groves gets about 14 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Groves

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Port Neches, 2.9 miles away, with 13,709 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Groves, TX?

16,866 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 433 (2.5%) from 17,299 in July 2020.

What county is Groves in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Groves?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77619.

How far is Groves from Austin?

229.6 miles (369.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Groves.

What is the nearest larger city to Groves?

Port Arthur, TX, with 55,799 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.