Texas · Census place 4864268
Salado, Texas
Salado is a village in Bell County, Texas with an estimated 2,483 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 542nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,483
- #542 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +3.5%
- +85 people
- Land area
- 3.1 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 801 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Salado population, 2020 to 2024
Salado added 85 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +86.
Salado covers 3.10 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 801 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Salado is less dense than the typical town.
What county Salado is in
All of Salado's residents live in Bell County, which had 399,578 residents in 2024. Salado holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Salado
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Salado by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 76571. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Salado is
The Census internal point of Salado is at 30.948400, -97.528300. Austin, the capital, is 48.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Belton, TX (25,635 people), 7.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Killeen, TX, 15.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.948400, -97.528300
- DMS
- 30°56'54.24"N 97°31'41.88"W
- UTM
- 14N 640580.3E 3424812.0N
- Geohash
- 9vd8h9yp3
- Plus code
- 8624WFXC+9M
Daylight in Salado
At 30.95° N, Salado gets about 14 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Salado
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Belton, 7.7 miles away, with 25,635 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Salado, TX?
2,483 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 85 (3.5%) from 2,398 in July 2020.
What county is Salado in?
Bell County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Salado?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76571.
How far is Salado from Austin?
48.3 miles (77.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Salado.
What is the nearest larger city to Salado?
Belton, TX, with 25,635 residents, 7.8 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.