Leander, Texas

Leander population, 2020 to 2024

Leander added 26,664 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +43.8%. In the latest year it moved by +7,004. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Leander is 5.7 times that size.

Leander covers 38.80 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 2,255 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Leander is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Leander spans

Leander crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 87,511 residents as follows; Williamson County holds 86.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Leander

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Leander by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78641. 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 Leander is

The Census internal point of Leander is at 30.574300, -97.861700. Austin, the capital, is 22.0 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Georgetown, TX (101,344 people), 11.7 miles away.

Daylight in Leander

At 30.57° N, Leander gets about 14 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Leander

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Cedar Park, 5.1 miles away, with 78,380 people.