Texas · Census place 4841800

Lavon, Texas

Lavon is a city in Collin County, Texas with an estimated 8,491 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 284th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,491
#284 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+86.9%
+3,947 people
Land area
4.3 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,979 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Lavon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Lavon population, 2020 to 2024

Lavon added 3,947 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +86.9%. In the latest year it moved by +924. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 14th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Lavon is 55% of it.

4,54420205,33720216,53120227,56720238,4912024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,475. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lavon covers 4.29 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,979 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Lavon is denser than the typical town.

What county Lavon is in

All of Lavon's residents live in Collin County, which had 1,254,658 residents in 2024. Lavon holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lavon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lavon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75166. 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 Lavon is

The Census internal point of Lavon is at 33.023900, -96.433000. Austin, the capital, is 205.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wylie, TX (62,954 people), 5.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Garland, TX, 13.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.023900, -96.433000
DMS
33°01'26.04"N 96°25'58.80"W
UTM
14N 739766.6E 3656864.9N
Geohash
9vg7vegdh
Plus code
86552HF8+HR

Daylight in Lavon

At 33.02° N, Lavon gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lavon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Nevada, 3.7 miles away, with 1,511 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lavon, TX?

8,491 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,947 (86.9%) from 4,544 in July 2020.

What county is Lavon in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lavon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75166.

How far is Lavon from Austin?

205.0 miles (329.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Lavon.

What is the nearest larger city to Lavon?

Wylie, TX, with 62,954 residents, 5.5 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.