Texas · Census place 4841764

La Vernia, Texas

La Vernia is a city in Wilson County, Texas with an estimated 1,483 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 693rd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,483
#693 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+36.7%
+398 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
621 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: La Vernia. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

La Vernia population, 2020 to 2024

La Vernia added 398 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +36.7%. In the latest year it moved by +69.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,080. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

La Vernia covers 2.39 square miles of land, for 621 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so La Vernia is less dense than the typical town.

What county La Vernia is in

All of La Vernia's residents live in Wilson County, which had 55,415 residents in 2024. La Vernia holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in La Vernia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps La Vernia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78121. 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 La Vernia is

The Census internal point of La Vernia is at 29.353100, -98.125800. Austin, the capital, is 67.7 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Hedwig, TX (2,377 people), 6.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Braunfels, TX, 23.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.353100, -98.125800
DMS
29°21'11.16"N 98°07'32.88"W
UTM
14N 584857.8E 3247424.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
76X39V3F+6M

Daylight in La Vernia

At 29.35° N, La Vernia gets about 14 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near La Vernia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is St. Hedwig, 6.7 miles away, with 2,377 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of La Vernia, TX?

1,483 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 398 (36.7%) from 1,085 in July 2020.

What county is La Vernia in?

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

What ZIP codes cover La Vernia?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78121.

How far is La Vernia from Austin?

67.7 miles (109.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from La Vernia.

What is the nearest larger city to La Vernia?

St. Hedwig, TX, with 2,377 residents, 6.7 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.