Texas · Census place 4832984

Heath, Texas

Heath is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 11,499 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 225th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,499
#225 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+17.9%
+1,746 people
Land area
12.4 sq mi
+ 0.17 sq mi water
Density
930 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Heath. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Austin.

Heath population, 2020 to 2024

Heath added 1,746 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +17.9%. In the latest year it moved by +221. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 77th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Heath is 75% of it.

9,753202010.1k202110.6k202211.3k202311.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,653. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Heath covers 12.36 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 930 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Heath is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Heath spans

Heath crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 11,499 residents as follows; Rockwall County holds 99.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Rockwall County11,460
  2. 02Kaufman County39
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Heath

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Heath by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75032, 75126. 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 Heath is

The Census internal point of Heath is at 32.853500, -96.463600. Austin, the capital, is 193.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rockwall, TX (53,547 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mesquite, TX, 9.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.853500, -96.463600
DMS
32°51'12.60"N 96°27'48.96"W
UTM
14N 737362.9E 3637897.4N
Geohash
9vg6uuv3e
Plus code
8645VG3P+CH

Daylight in Heath

At 32.85° N, Heath gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Heath

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is McLendon-Chisholm, 4.2 miles away, with 5,291 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Heath, TX?

11,499 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,746 (17.9%) from 9,753 in July 2020.

What county is Heath in?

It spans 2 counties: Rockwall County (11,460 residents), Kaufman County (39 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Heath?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 75032, 75126.

How far is Heath from Austin?

193.4 miles (311.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Heath.

What is the nearest larger city to Heath?

Rockwall, TX, with 53,547 residents, 4.7 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.