Texas · Census place 4850820
New Braunfels, Texas
New Braunfels is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 116,477 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 35th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 116,477
- #35 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +27.0%
- +24,794 people
- Land area
- 45.0 sq mi
- + 0.39 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,587 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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New Braunfels population, 2020 to 2024
New Braunfels added 24,794 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +27.0%. In the latest year it moved by +5,275. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 51st; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so New Braunfels is 7.6 times that size.
New Braunfels covers 45.03 square miles of land and 0.39 of water, for 2,587 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so New Braunfels is denser than the typical town.
The 2 counties New Braunfels spans
New Braunfels crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 116,477 residents as follows; Comal County holds 77.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Comal County90,221
- 02Guadalupe County26,256
ZIP codes in New Braunfels
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap New Braunfels by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78130, 78132. 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 New Braunfels is
The Census internal point of New Braunfels is at 29.699300, -98.115100. Austin, the capital, is 45.6 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is San Antonio, TX (1,526,656 people), 29.5 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 193 m (633 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.699300, -98.115100
- DMS
- 29°41'57.48"N 98°06'54.36"W
- UTM
- 14N 585604.4E 3285793.7N
- Geohash
- 9v60zqdfb
- Plus code
- 76X3MVXM+PX
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Daylight in New Braunfels
At 29.70° N, New Braunfels gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the New Braunfels daylight page.
Places near New Braunfels
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Marion, 8.9 miles away, with 1,098 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of New Braunfels, TX?
116,477 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 24,794 (27.0%) from 91,683 in July 2020.
What county is New Braunfels in?
It spans 2 counties: Comal County (90,221 residents), Guadalupe County (26,256 residents).
What ZIP codes cover New Braunfels?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 78130, 78132.
How far is New Braunfels from Austin?
45.6 miles (73.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from New Braunfels.
What is the nearest larger city to New Braunfels?
San Antonio, TX, with 1,526,656 residents, 29.5 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)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
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