Texas · Census place 4843096

Live Oak, Texas

Live Oak is a city in Bexar County, Texas with an estimated 16,218 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 185th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
16,218
#185 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+2.5%
+398 people
Land area
4.8 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
3,407 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Live Oak. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Live Oak population, 2020 to 2024

Live Oak added 398 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +157. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 226th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Live Oak is 1.1 times that size.

15.8k202015.9k202116.0k202216.1k202316.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,776. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Live Oak covers 4.76 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 3,407 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Live Oak is denser than the typical town.

What county Live Oak is in

All of Live Oak's residents live in Bexar County, which had 2,127,737 residents in 2024. Live Oak holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Live Oak

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Live Oak by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78233. 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 Live Oak is

The Census internal point of Live Oak is at 29.555400, -98.340000. Austin, the capital, is 61.3 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Universal City, TX (20,267 people), 2.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Antonio, TX, 12.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.555400, -98.340000
DMS
29°33'19.44"N 98°20'24.00"W
UTM
14N 563938.0E 3269703.4N
Geohash
9v604hqux
Plus code
76X3HM45+5X

Daylight in Live Oak

At 29.56° N, Live Oak gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Live Oak

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Universal City, 2.0 miles away, with 20,267 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Live Oak, TX?

16,218 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 398 (2.5%) from 15,820 in July 2020.

What county is Live Oak in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Live Oak?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78233.

How far is Live Oak from Austin?

61.3 miles (98.6 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Live Oak.

What is the nearest larger city to Live Oak?

Universal City, TX, with 20,267 residents, 2.0 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.