Texas · Census place 4861904
Richwood, Texas
Richwood is a city in Brazoria County, Texas with an estimated 4,835 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 389th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,835
- #389 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +1.0%
- +48 people
- Land area
- 4.5 sq mi
- + 0.29 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,082 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Richwood population, 2020 to 2024
Richwood added 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +36.
Richwood covers 4.47 square miles of land and 0.29 of water, for 1,082 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Richwood is less dense than the typical town.
What county Richwood is in
All of Richwood's residents live in Brazoria County, which had 413,224 residents in 2024. Richwood holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Richwood
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Richwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77515, 77531. 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 Richwood is
The Census internal point of Richwood is at 29.063900, -95.402200. Austin, the capital, is 163.4 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clute, TX (10,893 people), 2.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pearland, TX, 34.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.063900, -95.402200
- DMS
- 29°03'50.04"N 95°24'7.92"W
- UTM
- 15N 266133.5E 3217447.7N
- Geohash
- 9vhjm4fjr
- Plus code
- 76X63H7X+H4
Daylight in Richwood
At 29.06° N, Richwood gets about 14 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Richwood
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Clute, 2.6 miles away, with 10,893 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Richwood, TX?
4,835 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 48 (1.0%) from 4,787 in July 2020.
What county is Richwood in?
Brazoria County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Richwood?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 77515, 77531.
How far is Richwood from Austin?
163.4 miles (262.9 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Richwood.
What is the nearest larger city to Richwood?
Clute, TX, with 10,893 residents, 2.6 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.