Texas · Census place 4834862

Horseshoe Bay, Texas

Horseshoe Bay is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 5,218 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 374th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,218
#374 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+21.7%
+932 people
Land area
14.3 sq mi
+ 2.26 sq mi water
Density
364 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Horseshoe Bay. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Austin.

Horseshoe Bay population, 2020 to 2024

Horseshoe Bay added 932 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +21.7%. In the latest year it moved by +135. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 68th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Horseshoe Bay is 34% of it.

4,28620204,48820214,79520225,08320235,2182024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,256. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Horseshoe Bay covers 14.33 square miles of land and 2.26 of water, for 364 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Horseshoe Bay is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Horseshoe Bay spans

Horseshoe Bay crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 5,218 residents as follows; Llano County holds 80.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Llano County4,199
  2. 02Burnet County1,019
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Horseshoe Bay

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Horseshoe Bay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78657. 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 Horseshoe Bay is

The Census internal point of Horseshoe Bay is at 30.540800, -98.380600. Austin, the capital, is 42.4 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Granite Shoals, TX (5,417 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Austin, TX, 40.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.540800, -98.380600
DMS
30°32'26.88"N 98°22'50.16"W
UTM
14N 559413.7E 3378876.0N
Geohash
9v6j9rc3j
Plus code
8623GJR9+8Q

Daylight in Horseshoe Bay

At 30.54° N, Horseshoe Bay gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Horseshoe Bay

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Cottonwood Shores, 3.3 miles away, with 1,668 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Horseshoe Bay, TX?

5,218 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 932 (21.7%) from 4,286 in July 2020.

What county is Horseshoe Bay in?

It spans 2 counties: Llano County (4,199 residents), Burnet County (1,019 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Horseshoe Bay?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78657.

How far is Horseshoe Bay from Austin?

42.4 miles (68.2 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Horseshoe Bay.

What is the nearest larger city to Horseshoe Bay?

Granite Shoals, TX, with 5,417 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)

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