Texas · Census place 4840108

LaCoste, Texas

LaCoste is a city in Medina County, Texas with an estimated 1,222 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 753rd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,222
#753 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+12.5%
+136 people
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
1,940 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: LaCoste. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

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LaCoste population, 2020 to 2024

LaCoste added 136 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.5%. In the latest year it moved by +33.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,078. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

LaCoste covers 0.63 square miles of land, for 1,940 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so LaCoste is denser than the typical town.

What county LaCoste is in

All of LaCoste's residents live in Medina County, which had 55,619 residents in 2024. LaCoste holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in LaCoste

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps LaCoste by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78039. 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 LaCoste is

The Census internal point of LaCoste is at 29.310000, -98.811100. Austin, the capital, is 92.5 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Castroville, TX (3,201 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Antonio, TX, 20.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.310000, -98.811100
DMS
29°18'36.00"N 98°48'39.96"W
UTM
14N 518343.7E 3242346.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
76X3856Q+2H

Daylight in LaCoste

At 29.31° N, LaCoste gets about 14 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near LaCoste

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Castroville, 4.3 miles away, with 3,201 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of LaCoste, TX?

1,222 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 136 (12.5%) from 1,086 in July 2020.

What county is LaCoste in?

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

What ZIP codes cover LaCoste?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78039.

How far is LaCoste from Austin?

92.5 miles (148.9 km) in a straight line, heading NE from LaCoste.

What is the nearest larger city to LaCoste?

Castroville, TX, with 3,201 residents, 4.3 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.