Texas · Census place 4845012
Lucas, Texas
Lucas is a city in Collin County, Texas with an estimated 8,840 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 272nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 8,840
- #272 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +15.3%
- +1,170 people
- Land area
- 15.6 sq mi
- + 0.30 sq mi water
- Density
- 567 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Lucas population, 2020 to 2024
Lucas added 1,170 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +15.3%. In the latest year it moved by +106. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 86th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Lucas is 58% of it.
Lucas covers 15.60 square miles of land and 0.30 of water, for 567 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Lucas is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lucas is in
All of Lucas's residents live in Collin County, which had 1,254,658 residents in 2024. Lucas 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 Lucas
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lucas by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75002. 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 Lucas is
The Census internal point of Lucas is at 33.101000, -96.581200. Austin, the capital, is 206.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fairview, TX (10,922 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allen, TX, 5.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.101000, -96.581200
- DMS
- 33°06'3.60"N 96°34'52.32"W
- UTM
- 14N 725723.7E 3665086.9N
- Geohash
- 9vgk61zeq
- Plus code
- 86554C29+CG
Daylight in Lucas
At 33.10° N, Lucas gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lucas
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Fairview, 3.3 miles away, with 10,922 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lucas, TX?
8,840 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,170 (15.3%) from 7,670 in July 2020.
What county is Lucas in?
Collin County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lucas?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75002.
How far is Lucas from Austin?
206.9 miles (332.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Lucas.
What is the nearest larger city to Lucas?
Fairview, TX, with 10,922 residents, 3.3 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.