Port Lavaca, Texas

Port Lavaca population, 2020 to 2024

Port Lavaca lost 222 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +27. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 352nd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Port Lavaca is 74% of it.

Port Lavaca covers 10.15 square miles of land and 3.96 of water, for 1,113 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Port Lavaca is less dense than the typical town.

What county Port Lavaca is in

All of Port Lavaca's residents live in Calhoun County, which had 19,942 residents in 2024. Port Lavaca holds 56.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Port Lavaca

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Port Lavaca by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77979. 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 Port Lavaca is

The Census internal point of Port Lavaca is at 28.618000, -96.628300. Austin, the capital, is 132.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Victoria, TX (66,020 people), 26.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Corpus Christi, TX, 68.3 miles away.

Daylight in Port Lavaca

At 28.62° N, Port Lavaca gets about 13 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Port Lavaca

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Seadrift, 15.1 miles away, with 1,056 people.