Texas · Census place 4860672

Ransom Canyon, Texas

Ransom Canyon is a town in Lubbock County, Texas with an estimated 1,180 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 766th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,180
#766 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-9 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
+ 0.16 sq mi water
Density
1,494 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Ransom Canyon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Ransom Canyon population, 2020 to 2024

Ransom Canyon lost 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +13.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,190. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ransom Canyon covers 0.79 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 1,494 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Ransom Canyon is close to the typical town.

What county Ransom Canyon is in

All of Ransom Canyon's residents live in Lubbock County, which had 327,394 residents in 2024. Ransom Canyon holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ransom Canyon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ransom Canyon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 79366. 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 Ransom Canyon is

The Census internal point of Ransom Canyon is at 33.530300, -101.685300. Austin, the capital, is 322.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Slaton, TX (5,698 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lubbock, TX, 11.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.530300, -101.685300
DMS
33°31'49.08"N 101°41'7.08"W
UTM
14N 250626.0E 3713307.9N
Geohash
9tzwy0500
Plus code
855WG8J7+4V

Daylight in Ransom Canyon

At 33.53° N, Ransom Canyon gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ransom Canyon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Slaton, 6.2 miles away, with 5,698 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ransom Canyon, TX?

1,180 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 9 (0.8%) from 1,189 in July 2020.

What county is Ransom Canyon in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ransom Canyon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79366.

How far is Ransom Canyon from Austin?

322.7 miles (519.3 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Ransom Canyon.

What is the nearest larger city to Ransom Canyon?

Slaton, TX, with 5,698 residents, 6.2 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.