Texas · Census place 4854804

Palmview, Texas

Palmview is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas with an estimated 16,030 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 189th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
16,030
#189 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+1.2%
+191 people
Land area
7.6 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
2,115 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Palmview. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Palmview population, 2020 to 2024

Palmview added 191 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +72. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 264th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Palmview is 1.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,837. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Palmview covers 7.58 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 2,115 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Palmview is denser than the typical town.

What county Palmview is in

All of Palmview's residents live in Hidalgo County, which had 914,820 residents in 2024. Palmview holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Palmview

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Palmview by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78572, 78574. 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 Palmview is

The Census internal point of Palmview is at 26.231900, -98.381600. Austin, the capital, is 282.0 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mission, TX (88,574 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is McAllen, TX, 8.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
26.231900, -98.381600
DMS
26°13'54.84"N 98°22'53.76"W
UTM
14N 561766.8E 2901513.0N
Geohash
9udj1r2ey
Plus code
76R36JJ9+Q9

Daylight in Palmview

At 26.23° N, Palmview 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 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Palmview

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Penitas, 4.0 miles away, with 6,568 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Palmview, TX?

16,030 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 191 (1.2%) from 15,839 in July 2020.

What county is Palmview in?

Hidalgo County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Palmview?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 78572, 78574.

How far is Palmview from Austin?

282.0 miles (453.8 km) in a straight line, heading N from Palmview.

What is the nearest larger city to Palmview?

Mission, TX, with 88,574 residents, 4.0 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.