Texas · Census place 4831952
Hamilton, Texas
Hamilton is a city in Hamilton County, Texas with an estimated 3,005 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 493rd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,005
- #493 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +3.7%
- +107 people
- Land area
- 3.5 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 866 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Hamilton population, 2020 to 2024
Hamilton added 107 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.7%. In the latest year it moved by +13.
Hamilton covers 3.47 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 866 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Hamilton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Hamilton is in
All of Hamilton's residents live in Hamilton County, which had 8,644 residents in 2024. Hamilton holds 34.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Hamilton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hamilton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76531. 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 Hamilton is
The Census internal point of Hamilton is at 31.700400, -98.119700. Austin, the capital, is 101.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gatesville, TX (16,388 people), 28.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Killeen, TX, 48.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.700400, -98.119700
- DMS
- 31°42'1.44"N 98°07'10.92"W
- UTM
- 14N 583419.8E 3507564.8N
- Geohash
- 9vdhr4zkj
- Plus code
- 8633PV2J+54
Daylight in Hamilton
At 31.70° N, Hamilton gets about 14 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Hamilton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hico, 20.4 miles away, with 1,476 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Hamilton, TX?
3,005 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 107 (3.7%) from 2,898 in July 2020.
What county is Hamilton in?
Hamilton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Hamilton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76531.
How far is Hamilton from Austin?
101.1 miles (162.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Hamilton.
What is the nearest larger city to Hamilton?
Gatesville, TX, with 16,388 residents, 28.5 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.