Texas · Census place 4845120

Lumberton, Texas

Lumberton is a city in Hardin County, Texas with an estimated 14,255 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 201st largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,255
#201 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+4.6%
+631 people
Land area
13.4 sq mi
+ 0.10 sq mi water
Density
1,063 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Lumberton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Lumberton population, 2020 to 2024

Lumberton added 631 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.6%. In the latest year it moved by +137. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 189th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Lumberton is 93% of it.

13.6k202013.8k202114.0k202214.1k202314.3k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 13,563. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lumberton covers 13.41 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 1,063 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Lumberton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lumberton is in

All of Lumberton's residents live in Hardin County, which had 58,670 residents in 2024. Lumberton holds 24.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lumberton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lumberton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77657. 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 Lumberton is

The Census internal point of Lumberton is at 30.255000, -94.208000. Austin, the capital, is 210.8 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Beaumont, TX (112,893 people), 12.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.255000, -94.208000
DMS
30°15'18.00"N 94°12'28.80"W
UTM
15N 383785.9E 3347659.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86277Q4R+2R

Daylight in Lumberton

At 30.26° N, Lumberton gets about 14 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lumberton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Silsbee, 6.5 miles away, with 6,711 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lumberton, TX?

14,255 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 631 (4.6%) from 13,624 in July 2020.

What county is Lumberton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lumberton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77657.

How far is Lumberton from Austin?

210.8 miles (339.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Lumberton.

What is the nearest larger city to Lumberton?

Beaumont, TX, with 112,893 residents, 12.4 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.