Marfa, Texas

Marfa population, 2020 to 2024

Marfa lost 143 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -8.0%. In the latest year it moved by -27.

Marfa covers 1.62 square miles of land, for 1,013 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Marfa is less dense than the typical town.

What county Marfa is in

All of Marfa's residents live in Presidio County, which had 5,686 residents in 2024. Marfa holds 28.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Marfa

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Marfa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79843. 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 Marfa is

The Census internal point of Marfa is at 30.310700, -104.025500. Austin, the capital, is 375.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alpine, TX (6,039 people), 21.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Odessa, TX, 147.1 miles away.

Daylight in Marfa

At 30.31° N, Marfa gets about 14 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Marfa

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Alpine, 21.8 miles away, with 6,039 people.