Texas · Census place 4854444

Ovilla, Texas

Ovilla is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 4,771 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 393rd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,771
#393 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+10.5%
+452 people
Land area
5.8 sq mi
Density
824 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Ovilla. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Austin.

Ovilla population, 2020 to 2024

Ovilla added 452 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.5%. In the latest year it moved by +54.

4,31920204,34320214,40720224,71720234,7712024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,288. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ovilla covers 5.79 square miles of land, for 824 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Ovilla is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Ovilla spans

Ovilla crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 4,771 residents as follows; Ellis County holds 93.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Ellis County4,458
  2. 02Dallas County313
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Ovilla

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ovilla by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75154. 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 Ovilla is

The Census internal point of Ovilla is at 32.541300, -96.883500. Austin, the capital, is 164.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Glenn Heights, TX (19,752 people), 1.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Prairie, TX, 12.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.541300, -96.883500
DMS
32°32'28.68"N 96°53'0.60"W
UTM
14N 698750.5E 3602412.4N
Geohash
9vg157gwf
Plus code
8645G4R8+GH

Daylight in Ovilla

At 32.54° N, Ovilla gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ovilla

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Glenn Heights, 1.8 miles away, with 19,752 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ovilla, TX?

4,771 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 452 (10.5%) from 4,319 in July 2020.

What county is Ovilla in?

It spans 2 counties: Ellis County (4,458 residents), Dallas County (313 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Ovilla?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75154.

How far is Ovilla from Austin?

164.6 miles (264.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Ovilla.

What is the nearest larger city to Ovilla?

Glenn Heights, TX, with 19,752 residents, 1.8 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.