Lockhart, Texas

Lockhart population, 2020 to 2024

Lockhart added 2,802 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +19.5%. In the latest year it moved by +1,694. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 74th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Lockhart is 1.1 times that size.

Lockhart covers 16.22 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,058 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Lockhart is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lockhart is in

All of Lockhart's residents live in Caldwell County, which had 52,430 residents in 2024. Lockhart holds 32.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lockhart

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lockhart by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78644. 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 Lockhart is

The Census internal point of Lockhart is at 29.877800, -97.682600. Austin, the capital, is 27.6 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kyle, TX (65,833 people), 14.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Braunfels, TX, 28.7 miles away.

Daylight in Lockhart

At 29.88° N, Lockhart gets about 14 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lockhart

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Uhland, 8.8 miles away, with 1,885 people.