Texas · Census place 4861844

Richland Hills, Texas

Richland Hills is a city in Tarrant County, Texas with an estimated 8,546 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 282nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,546
#282 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-0.6%
-49 people
Land area
3.1 sq mi
Density
2,722 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Richland Hills. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Richland Hills population, 2020 to 2024

Richland Hills lost 49 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +137. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 324th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Richland Hills is 56% of it.

8,59520208,50720218,43920228,40920238,5462024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,615. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Richland Hills covers 3.14 square miles of land, for 2,722 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Richland Hills is denser than the typical town.

What county Richland Hills is in

All of Richland Hills's residents live in Tarrant County, which had 2,230,708 residents in 2024. Richland Hills 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 Richland Hills

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Richland Hills by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76118. 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 Richland Hills is

The Census internal point of Richland Hills is at 32.810200, -97.226500. Austin, the capital, is 177.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Haltom City, TX (45,786 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Worth, TX, 7.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.810200, -97.226500
DMS
32°48'36.72"N 97°13'35.40"W
UTM
14N 666037.8E 3631638.7N
Geohash
9vffescv6
Plus code
8644RQ6F+3C

Daylight in Richland Hills

At 32.81° N, Richland Hills gets about 14 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Richland Hills

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Haltom City, 2.6 miles away, with 45,786 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Richland Hills, TX?

8,546 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 49 (0.6%) from 8,595 in July 2020.

What county is Richland Hills in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Richland Hills?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76118.

How far is Richland Hills from Austin?

177.8 miles (286.2 km) in a straight line, heading S from Richland Hills.

What is the nearest larger city to Richland Hills?

Haltom City, TX, with 45,786 residents, 2.7 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.