Texas · Census place 4833428

Hewitt, Texas

Hewitt is a city in McLennan County, Texas with an estimated 16,749 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 179th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
16,749
#179 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+4.2%
+679 people
Land area
6.9 sq mi
Density
2,431 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Hewitt. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Hewitt population, 2020 to 2024

Hewitt added 679 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +44. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 196th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Hewitt is 1.1 times that size.

16.1k202016.2k202116.4k202216.7k202316.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,031. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hewitt covers 6.89 square miles of land, for 2,431 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Hewitt is denser than the typical town.

What county Hewitt is in

All of Hewitt's residents live in McLennan County, which had 270,358 residents in 2024. Hewitt holds 6.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hewitt

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hewitt by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76643. 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 Hewitt is

The Census internal point of Hewitt is at 31.451200, -97.193300. Austin, the capital, is 87.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waco, TX (146,608 people), 7.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.451200, -97.193300
DMS
31°27'4.32"N 97°11'35.88"W
UTM
14N 671674.1E 3481020.5N
Geohash
9vdfum9bx
Plus code
8634FR24+FM

Daylight in Hewitt

At 31.45° N, Hewitt 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 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hewitt

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Woodway, 3.9 miles away, with 9,686 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hewitt, TX?

16,749 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 679 (4.2%) from 16,070 in July 2020.

What county is Hewitt in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hewitt?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76643.

How far is Hewitt from Austin?

87.6 miles (140.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Hewitt.

What is the nearest larger city to Hewitt?

Waco, TX, with 146,608 residents, 7.4 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.