Texas · Census place 4842448

Levelland, Texas

Levelland is a city in Hockley County, Texas with an estimated 12,494 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 216th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,494
#216 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-137 people
Land area
10.2 sq mi
Density
1,224 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Levelland. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Levelland population, 2020 to 2024

Levelland lost 137 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +84. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 337th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Levelland is 81% of it.

12.6k202012.4k202112.4k202212.4k202312.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,657. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Levelland covers 10.21 square miles of land, for 1,224 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Levelland is less dense than the typical town.

What county Levelland is in

All of Levelland's residents live in Hockley County, which had 21,505 residents in 2024. Levelland holds 58.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Levelland

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Levelland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79336. 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 Levelland is

The Census internal point of Levelland is at 33.581500, -102.364100. Austin, the capital, is 354.5 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lubbock, TX (272,086 people), 27.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.581500, -102.364100
DMS
33°34'53.40"N 102°21'50.76"W
UTM
13N 744640.6E 3718869.1N
Geohash
9tzpn9kdr
Plus code
855VHJJP+J9

Daylight in Levelland

At 33.58° N, Levelland gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Levelland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Sundown, 11.3 miles away, with 1,306 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Levelland, TX?

12,494 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 137 (1.1%) from 12,631 in July 2020.

What county is Levelland in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Levelland?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79336.

How far is Levelland from Austin?

354.5 miles (570.6 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Levelland.

What is the nearest larger city to Levelland?

Lubbock, TX, with 272,086 residents, 27.4 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.