Texas · Census place 4846848

Martindale, Texas

Martindale is a city in Caldwell County, Texas with an estimated 1,266 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 744th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,266
#744 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+1.3%
+16 people
Land area
2.1 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
615 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Martindale. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Martindale population, 2020 to 2024

Martindale added 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

1,25020201,24420211,23320221,26620231,2662024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,252. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Martindale covers 2.06 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 615 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Martindale is less dense than the typical town.

What county Martindale is in

All of Martindale's residents live in Caldwell County, which had 52,430 residents in 2024. Martindale holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Martindale

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Martindale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78655. 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 Martindale is

The Census internal point of Martindale is at 29.845000, -97.838300. Austin, the capital, is 30.2 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is San Marcos, TX (74,316 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Braunfels, TX, 19.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.845000, -97.838300
DMS
29°50'42.00"N 97°50'17.88"W
UTM
14N 612220.9E 3302176.5N
Geohash
9v63v9h7d
Plus code
76X4R5W6+2M

Daylight in Martindale

At 29.85° N, Martindale gets about 14 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Martindale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is San Marcos, 6.2 miles away, with 74,316 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Martindale, TX?

1,266 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 16 (1.3%) from 1,250 in July 2020.

What county is Martindale in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Martindale?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78655.

How far is Martindale from Austin?

30.2 miles (48.6 km) in a straight line, heading N from Martindale.

What is the nearest larger city to Martindale?

San Marcos, TX, with 74,316 residents, 6.2 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.