Texas · Census place 4835084

Howe, Texas

Howe is a town in Grayson County, Texas with an estimated 3,667 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 445th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,667
#445 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+1.2%
+45 people
Land area
5.0 sq mi
Density
735 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Howe. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Howe population, 2020 to 2024

Howe added 45 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -33.

3,62220203,67820213,74720223,70020233,6672024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,615. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Howe covers 4.99 square miles of land, for 735 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Howe is less dense than the typical town.

What county Howe is in

All of Howe's residents live in Grayson County, which had 150,532 residents in 2024. Howe holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Howe

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Howe by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 75459. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Howe is

The Census internal point of Howe is at 33.507500, -96.615500. Austin, the capital, is 232.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Van Alstyne, TX (7,220 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is McKinney, TX, 21.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.507500, -96.615500
DMS
33°30'27.00"N 96°36'55.80"W
UTM
14N 721491.2E 3710096.0N
Geohash
9vgq97yer
Plus code
8655G95M+2R

Daylight in Howe

At 33.51° N, Howe gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Howe

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Van Alstyne, 6.2 miles away, with 7,220 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Howe, TX?

3,667 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 45 (1.2%) from 3,622 in July 2020.

What county is Howe in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Howe?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75459.

How far is Howe from Austin?

232.9 miles (374.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Howe.

What is the nearest larger city to Howe?

Van Alstyne, TX, with 7,220 residents, 6.2 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.