Texas · Census place 4867640

Shiner, Texas

Shiner is a city in Lavaca County, Texas with an estimated 2,163 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 582nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,163
#582 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+2.2%
+46 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
Density
876 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Shiner. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Shiner population, 2020 to 2024

Shiner added 46 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

2,11720202,15820212,16020222,16320232,1632024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,115. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Shiner covers 2.47 square miles of land, for 876 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Shiner is less dense than the typical town.

What county Shiner is in

All of Shiner's residents live in Lavaca County, which had 20,605 residents in 2024. Shiner holds 10.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Shiner

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shiner by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77984. 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 Shiner is

The Census internal point of Shiner is at 29.433700, -97.173600. Austin, the capital, is 67.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Yoakum, TX (5,875 people), 9.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Braunfels, TX, 59.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.433700, -97.173600
DMS
29°26'1.32"N 97°10'24.96"W
UTM
14N 677159.2E 3257425.3N
Geohash
9v4zky0re
Plus code
76X4CRMG+FH

Daylight in Shiner

At 29.43° N, Shiner gets about 14 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Shiner

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Yoakum, 9.8 miles away, with 5,875 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Shiner, TX?

2,163 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 46 (2.2%) from 2,117 in July 2020.

What county is Shiner in?

Lavaca County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Shiner?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77984.

How far is Shiner from Austin?

67.3 miles (108.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Shiner.

What is the nearest larger city to Shiner?

Yoakum, TX, with 5,875 residents, 9.8 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.