Texas · Census place 4854780
Palmhurst, Texas
Palmhurst is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas with an estimated 2,602 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 529th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,602
- #529 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +0.0%
- +0 people
- Land area
- 4.5 sq mi
- Density
- 585 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Palmhurst population, 2020 to 2024
Palmhurst added 0 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by -12.
Palmhurst covers 4.45 square miles of land, for 585 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Palmhurst is less dense than the typical town.
What county Palmhurst is in
All of Palmhurst's residents live in Hidalgo County, which had 914,820 residents in 2024. Palmhurst holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Palmhurst
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Palmhurst by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78573. 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 Palmhurst is
The Census internal point of Palmhurst is at 26.258300, -98.295300. Austin, the capital, is 279.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alton, TX (22,907 people), 2.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is McAllen, TX, 3.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 26.258300, -98.295300
- DMS
- 26°15'29.88"N 98°17'43.08"W
- UTM
- 14N 570370.9E 2904480.9N
- Geohash
- 9udj7hpt9
- Plus code
- 76R37P53+8V
Daylight in Palmhurst
At 26.26° N, Palmhurst gets about 13 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Palmhurst
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Alton, 2.3 miles away, with 22,907 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Palmhurst, TX?
2,602 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 0 (0.0%) from 2,602 in July 2020.
What county is Palmhurst in?
Hidalgo County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Palmhurst?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78573.
How far is Palmhurst from Austin?
279.5 miles (449.8 km) in a straight line, heading N from Palmhurst.
What is the nearest larger city to Palmhurst?
Alton, TX, with 22,907 residents, 2.3 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.