Texas · Census place 4838248
Junction, Texas
Junction is a city in Kimble County, Texas with an estimated 2,492 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 541st largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,492
- #541 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +2.0%
- +48 people
- Land area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,083 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Junction population, 2020 to 2024
Junction added 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -40.
Junction covers 2.30 square miles of land, for 1,083 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Junction is less dense than the typical town.
What county Junction is in
All of Junction's residents live in Kimble County, which had 4,401 residents in 2024. Junction holds 56.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Junction
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Junction by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76849. 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 Junction is
The Census internal point of Junction is at 30.490800, -99.773200. Austin, the capital, is 122.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kerrville, TX (25,141 people), 49.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Angelo, TX, 76.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.490800, -99.773200
- DMS
- 30°29'26.88"N 99°46'23.52"W
- UTM
- 14N 425795.2E 3373426.1N
- Geohash
- 9v3j3wemg
- Plus code
- 8622F6RG+8P
Daylight in Junction
At 30.49° N, Junction gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 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 Junction
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Menard, 29.6 miles away, with 1,309 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Junction, TX?
2,492 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 48 (2.0%) from 2,444 in July 2020.
What county is Junction in?
Kimble County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Junction?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76849.
How far is Junction from Austin?
122.1 miles (196.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Junction.
What is the nearest larger city to Junction?
Kerrville, TX, with 25,141 residents, 49.5 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.