Texas · Census place 4866188
Schulenburg, Texas
Schulenburg is a city in Fayette County, Texas with an estimated 2,839 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 512th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,839
- #512 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +6.1%
- +163 people
- Land area
- 2.6 sq mi
- Density
- 1,088 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Schulenburg population, 2020 to 2024
Schulenburg added 163 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.1%. In the latest year it moved by +6.
Schulenburg covers 2.61 square miles of land, for 1,088 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Schulenburg is less dense than the typical town.
What county Schulenburg is in
All of Schulenburg's residents live in Fayette County, which had 25,488 residents in 2024. Schulenburg holds 11.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Schulenburg
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Schulenburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78956. 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 Schulenburg is
The Census internal point of Schulenburg is at 29.682000, -96.907500. Austin, the capital, is 64.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is La Grange, TX (4,504 people), 16.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Austin, TX, 66.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 29.682000, -96.907500
- DMS
- 29°40'55.20"N 96°54'27.00"W
- UTM
- 14N 702480.2E 3285380.6N
- Geohash
- 9v70fg6n5
- Plus code
- 76X5M3JR+RX
Daylight in Schulenburg
At 29.68° N, Schulenburg gets about 14 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Schulenburg
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Weimar, 7.9 miles away, with 2,194 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Schulenburg, TX?
2,839 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 163 (6.1%) from 2,676 in July 2020.
What county is Schulenburg in?
Fayette County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Schulenburg?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78956.
How far is Schulenburg from Austin?
64.5 miles (103.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Schulenburg.
What is the nearest larger city to Schulenburg?
La Grange, TX, with 4,504 residents, 16.0 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.