Texas · Census place 4862108
Riesel, Texas
Riesel is a city in McLennan County, Texas with an estimated 1,063 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 786th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,063
- #786 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +1.3%
- +14 people
- Land area
- 4.2 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 256 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Riesel population, 2020 to 2024
Riesel added 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -5.
Riesel covers 4.16 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 256 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Riesel is less dense than the typical town.
What county Riesel is in
All of Riesel's residents live in McLennan County, which had 270,358 residents in 2024. Riesel 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 Riesel
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Riesel by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76682. 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 Riesel is
The Census internal point of Riesel is at 31.473900, -96.945100. Austin, the capital, is 95.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mart, TX (1,843 people), 8.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Waco, TX, 15.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.473900, -96.945100
- DMS
- 31°28'26.04"N 96°56'42.36"W
- UTM
- 14N 695215.5E 3483952.1N
- Geohash
- 9ve51cwsz
- Plus code
- 8635F3F3+HX
Daylight in Riesel
At 31.47° N, Riesel gets about 14 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Riesel
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Mart, 8.2 miles away, with 1,843 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Riesel, TX?
1,063 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 14 (1.3%) from 1,049 in July 2020.
What county is Riesel in?
McLennan County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Riesel?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76682.
How far is Riesel from Austin?
95.4 miles (153.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Riesel.
What is the nearest larger city to Riesel?
Mart, TX, with 1,843 residents, 8.2 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.
- 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.