Texas · Census place 4846968
Mason, Texas
Mason is a city in Mason County, Texas with an estimated 2,152 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 584th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,152
- #584 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +0.9%
- +19 people
- Land area
- 3.7 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 590 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Mason population, 2020 to 2024
Mason added 19 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +41.
Mason covers 3.65 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 590 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Mason is less dense than the typical town.
What county Mason is in
All of Mason's residents live in Mason County, which had 3,987 residents in 2024. Mason holds 54.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Mason
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mason by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76856. 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 Mason is
The Census internal point of Mason is at 30.747700, -99.228600. Austin, the capital, is 94.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brady, TX (4,956 people), 26.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Angelo, TX, 86.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.747700, -99.228600
- DMS
- 30°44'51.72"N 99°13'42.96"W
- UTM
- 14N 478119.2E 3401663.6N
- Geohash
- 9v3qvvryq
- Plus code
- 8622PQXC+3H
Daylight in Mason
At 30.75° N, Mason gets about 14 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Mason
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Brady, 26.3 miles away, with 4,956 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mason, TX?
2,152 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 19 (0.9%) from 2,133 in July 2020.
What county is Mason in?
Mason County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Mason?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76856.
How far is Mason from Austin?
94.5 miles (152.0 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Mason.
What is the nearest larger city to Mason?
Brady, TX, with 4,956 residents, 26.3 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.