Texas · Census place 4839448

Kirby, Texas

Kirby is a city in Bexar County, Texas with an estimated 8,104 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 292nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,104
#292 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-0.5%
-44 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
Density
4,052 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Kirby. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Kirby population, 2020 to 2024

Kirby lost 44 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +25. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 323rd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Kirby is 53% of it.

8,14820208,11820218,10520228,07920238,1042024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,146. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kirby covers 2.00 square miles of land, for 4,052 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Kirby is denser than the typical town.

What county Kirby is in

All of Kirby's residents live in Bexar County, which had 2,127,737 residents in 2024. Kirby holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kirby

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kirby by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78219. 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 Kirby is

The Census internal point of Kirby is at 29.461700, -98.385300. Austin, the capital, is 68.2 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Converse, TX (31,400 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Antonio, TX, 8.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.461700, -98.385300
DMS
29°27'42.12"N 98°23'7.08"W
UTM
14N 559604.3E 3259297.0N
Geohash
9v4p95q4b
Plus code
76X3FJ67+MV

Daylight in Kirby

At 29.46° N, Kirby gets about 14 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kirby

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Windcrest, 3.7 miles away, with 5,782 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kirby, TX?

8,104 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 44 (0.5%) from 8,148 in July 2020.

What county is Kirby in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Kirby?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78219.

How far is Kirby from Austin?

68.2 miles (109.7 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Kirby.

What is the nearest larger city to Kirby?

Converse, TX, with 31,400 residents, 6.0 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.