Texas · Census place 4844020
Lorena, Texas
Lorena is a city in McLennan County, Texas with an estimated 1,794 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 644th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,794
- #644 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +0.6%
- +11 people
- Land area
- 3.9 sq mi
- Density
- 466 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Lorena population, 2020 to 2024
Lorena added 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -9.
Lorena covers 3.85 square miles of land, for 466 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Lorena is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lorena is in
All of Lorena's residents live in McLennan County, which had 270,358 residents in 2024. Lorena holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lorena
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lorena by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76655. 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 Lorena is
The Census internal point of Lorena is at 31.383100, -97.210200. Austin, the capital, is 82.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hewitt, TX (16,749 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Waco, TX, 12.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.383100, -97.210200
- DMS
- 31°22'59.16"N 97°12'36.72"W
- UTM
- 14N 670191.0E 3473444.9N
- Geohash
- 9vdfecjey
- Plus code
- 86349QMQ+6W
Daylight in Lorena
At 31.38° N, Lorena gets about 14 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lorena
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hewitt, 4.8 miles away, with 16,749 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lorena, TX?
1,794 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 11 (0.6%) from 1,783 in July 2020.
What county is Lorena in?
McLennan County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lorena?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76655.
How far is Lorena from Austin?
82.8 miles (133.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Lorena.
What is the nearest larger city to Lorena?
Hewitt, TX, with 16,749 residents, 4.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.