Texas · Census place 4838548

Keene, Texas

Keene is a city in Johnson County, Texas with an estimated 6,930 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 316th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,930
#316 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+7.8%
+501 people
Land area
5.2 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,328 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Keene. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Keene population, 2020 to 2024

Keene added 501 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.8%. In the latest year it moved by +53. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 147th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Keene is 45% of it.

6,42920206,44920216,75520226,87720236,9302024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,417. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Keene covers 5.22 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,328 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Keene is less dense than the typical town.

What county Keene is in

All of Keene's residents live in Johnson County, which had 210,547 residents in 2024. Keene holds 3.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Keene

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Keene by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76009, 76031, 76059. 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 Keene is

The Census internal point of Keene is at 32.396100, -97.323500. Austin, the capital, is 148.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Joshua, TX (9,146 people), 5.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Arlington, TX, 24.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.396100, -97.323500
DMS
32°23'45.96"N 97°19'24.60"W
UTM
14N 657679.5E 3585577.9N
Geohash
9vfb33e0y
Plus code
86449MWG+CJ

Daylight in Keene

At 32.40° N, Keene gets about 14 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Keene

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Joshua, 5.6 miles away, with 9,146 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Keene, TX?

6,930 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 501 (7.8%) from 6,429 in July 2020.

What county is Keene in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Keene?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 76009, 76031, 76059.

How far is Keene from Austin?

148.7 miles (239.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Keene.

What is the nearest larger city to Keene?

Joshua, TX, with 9,146 residents, 5.6 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.