Texas · Census place 4840336

Laguna Vista, Texas

Laguna Vista is a town in Cameron County, Texas with an estimated 3,791 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 442nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,791
#442 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+7.2%
+253 people
Land area
4.8 sq mi
+ 0.12 sq mi water
Density
785 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Laguna Vista. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Laguna Vista population, 2020 to 2024

Laguna Vista added 253 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.2%. In the latest year it moved by +40.

3,53820203,59920213,68420223,75120233,7912024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,526. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Laguna Vista covers 4.83 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 785 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Laguna Vista is less dense than the typical town.

What county Laguna Vista is in

All of Laguna Vista's residents live in Cameron County, which had 431,874 residents in 2024. Laguna Vista holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Laguna Vista

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Laguna Vista by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 78578. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Laguna Vista is

The Census internal point of Laguna Vista is at 26.105900, -97.296300. Austin, the capital, is 289.3 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Port Isabel, TX (5,210 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Brownsville, TX, 12.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
26.105900, -97.296300
DMS
26°06'21.24"N 97°17'46.68"W
UTM
14N 670364.7E 2888526.5N
Geohash
9udu9bqvz
Plus code
76R44P43+9F

Daylight in Laguna Vista

At 26.11° N, Laguna Vista gets about 13 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Laguna Vista

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Port Isabel, 4.3 miles away, with 5,210 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Laguna Vista, TX?

3,791 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 253 (7.2%) from 3,538 in July 2020.

What county is Laguna Vista in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Laguna Vista?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78578.

How far is Laguna Vista from Austin?

289.3 miles (465.5 km) in a straight line, heading N from Laguna Vista.

What is the nearest larger city to Laguna Vista?

Port Isabel, TX, with 5,210 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.