Schertz, Texas

Schertz population, 2020 to 2024

Schertz added 2,276 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.4%. In the latest year it moved by +1,033. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 178th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Schertz is 2.9 times that size.

Schertz covers 33.13 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 1,341 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Schertz is less dense than the typical town.

The 3 counties Schertz spans

Schertz crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 44,428 residents as follows; Guadalupe County holds 82.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Schertz

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Schertz by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78108, 78132, 78154. 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 Schertz is

The Census internal point of Schertz is at 29.563300, -98.250900. Austin, the capital, is 57.9 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Braunfels, TX (116,477 people), 12.4 miles away.

Daylight in Schertz

At 29.56° N, Schertz gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Schertz

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Cibolo, 2.0 miles away, with 37,816 people.