Texas · Census place 4840984

Lakeway, Texas

Lakeway is a city in Travis County, Texas with an estimated 19,056 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 162nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
19,056
#162 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-1.0%
-194 people
Land area
12.9 sq mi
+ 0.87 sq mi water
Density
1,481 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Lakeway. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Lakeway population, 2020 to 2024

Lakeway lost 194 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -320. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 335th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Lakeway is 1.2 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 19,188. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lakeway covers 12.87 square miles of land and 0.87 of water, for 1,481 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Lakeway is close to the typical town.

What county Lakeway is in

All of Lakeway's residents live in Travis County, which had 1,363,767 residents in 2024. Lakeway holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lakeway

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lakeway by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78734, 78738. 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 Lakeway is

The Census internal point of Lakeway is at 30.355000, -97.986300. Austin, the capital, is 15.7 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Austin, TX (993,588 people), 14.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.355000, -97.986300
DMS
30°21'18.00"N 97°59'10.68"W
UTM
14N 597421.7E 3358558.8N
Geohash
9v6kdmbw9
Plus code
86249247+2F

Daylight in Lakeway

At 30.36° N, Lakeway gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lakeway

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is The Hills, 0.6 miles away, with 2,342 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lakeway, TX?

19,056 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 194 (1.0%) from 19,250 in July 2020.

What county is Lakeway in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lakeway?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 78734, 78738.

How far is Lakeway from Austin?

15.7 miles (25.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Lakeway.

What is the nearest larger city to Lakeway?

Austin, TX, with 993,588 residents, 14.4 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.