Texas · Census place 4858664
Ponder, Texas
Ponder is a town in Denton County, Texas with an estimated 2,875 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 506th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,875
- #506 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +17.1%
- +420 people
- Land area
- 3.4 sq mi
- Density
- 853 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Ponder population, 2020 to 2024
Ponder added 420 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +17.1%. In the latest year it moved by +109.
Ponder covers 3.37 square miles of land, for 853 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Ponder is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ponder is in
All of Ponder's residents live in Denton County, which had 1,045,120 residents in 2024. Ponder 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 Ponder
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ponder by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 76259. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Ponder is
The Census internal point of Ponder is at 33.171700, -97.296500. Austin, the capital, is 201.9 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Justin, TX (6,197 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Denton, TX, 9.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.171700, -97.296500
- DMS
- 33°10'18.12"N 97°17'47.40"W
- UTM
- 14N 658834.4E 3671614.0N
- Geohash
- 9vfu9ywz5
- Plus code
- 86545PC3+MC
Daylight in Ponder
At 33.17° N, Ponder gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Ponder
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Justin, 6.3 miles away, with 6,197 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ponder, TX?
2,875 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 420 (17.1%) from 2,455 in July 2020.
What county is Ponder in?
Denton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ponder?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76259.
How far is Ponder from Austin?
201.9 miles (324.9 km) in a straight line, heading S from Ponder.
What is the nearest larger city to Ponder?
Justin, TX, with 6,197 residents, 6.3 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.