Texas · Census place 4862504
Roanoke, Texas
Roanoke is a city in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 10,895 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 234th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 10,895
- #234 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +11.6%
- +1,134 people
- Land area
- 6.9 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,581 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Roanoke population, 2020 to 2024
Roanoke added 1,134 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.6%. In the latest year it moved by +27. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 111th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Roanoke is 71% of it.
Roanoke covers 6.89 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,581 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Roanoke is close to the typical town.
The 2 counties Roanoke spans
Roanoke crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 10,895 residents as follows; Denton County holds 100.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Denton County10,893
- 02Tarrant County2
ZIP codes in Roanoke
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Roanoke by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76262. 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 Roanoke is
The Census internal point of Roanoke is at 33.014700, -97.229000. Austin, the capital, is 191.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Trophy Club, TX (13,704 people), 3.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Denton, TX, 14.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.014700, -97.229000
- DMS
- 33°00'52.92"N 97°13'44.40"W
- UTM
- 14N 665422.8E 3654309.8N
- Geohash
- 9vfggd0h8
- Plus code
- 86542Q7C+VC
Daylight in Roanoke
At 33.01° N, Roanoke gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Roanoke
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Westlake, 2.5 miles away, with 2,017 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Roanoke, TX?
10,895 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,134 (11.6%) from 9,761 in July 2020.
What county is Roanoke in?
It spans 2 counties: Denton County (10,893 residents), Tarrant County (2 residents).
What ZIP codes cover Roanoke?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76262.
How far is Roanoke from Austin?
191.7 miles (308.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Roanoke.
What is the nearest larger city to Roanoke?
Trophy Club, TX, with 13,704 residents, 3.6 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.