Texas · Census place 4842568

Liberty, Texas

Liberty is a city in Liberty County, Texas with an estimated 8,974 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 267th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,974
#267 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+8.2%
+680 people
Land area
44.5 sq mi
+ 1.25 sq mi water
Density
202 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Liberty. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Liberty population, 2020 to 2024

Liberty added 680 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.2%. In the latest year it moved by +183. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 139th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Liberty is 58% of it.

8,29420208,52520218,64120228,79120238,9742024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,269. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Liberty covers 44.52 square miles of land and 1.25 of water, for 202 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Liberty is less dense than the typical town.

What county Liberty is in

All of Liberty's residents live in Liberty County, which had 115,042 residents in 2024. Liberty holds 7.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Liberty

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Liberty by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77535, 77575. 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 Liberty is

The Census internal point of Liberty is at 30.038800, -94.788800. Austin, the capital, is 177.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dayton, TX (9,752 people), 9.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pasadena, TX, 34.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.038800, -94.788800
DMS
30°02'19.68"N 94°47'19.68"W
UTM
15N 327527.5E 3324432.7N
Geohash
9vkdgh2us
Plus code
862726Q6+GF

Daylight in Liberty

At 30.04° N, Liberty gets about 14 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Liberty

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Ames, 3.1 miles away, with 1,210 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Liberty, TX?

8,974 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 680 (8.2%) from 8,294 in July 2020.

What county is Liberty in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Liberty?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 77535, 77575.

How far is Liberty from Austin?

177.1 miles (284.9 km) in a straight line, heading W from Liberty.

What is the nearest larger city to Liberty?

Dayton, TX, with 9,752 residents, 9.0 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.