Palestine, Texas

Palestine population, 2020 to 2024

Palestine added 1,009 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.4%. In the latest year it moved by +95. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 177th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Palestine is 1.3 times that size.

Palestine covers 19.46 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 1,006 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Palestine is less dense than the typical town.

What county Palestine is in

All of Palestine's residents live in Anderson County, which had 59,512 residents in 2024. Palestine holds 32.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Palestine

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Palestine by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75801, 75803. 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 Palestine is

The Census internal point of Palestine is at 31.754500, -95.647000. Austin, the capital, is 160.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tyler, TX (112,219 people), 43.7 miles away.

Daylight in Palestine

At 31.75° N, Palestine gets about 14 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Palestine

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Elkhart, 9.4 miles away, with 1,266 people.