Texas · Census place 4867832

Silsbee, Texas

Silsbee is a city in Hardin County, Texas with an estimated 6,711 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 326th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,711
#326 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-3.3%
-227 people
Land area
7.7 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
874 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Silsbee. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Silsbee population, 2020 to 2024

Silsbee lost 227 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by -58. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 370th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Silsbee is 44% of it.

6,93820206,94320216,88420226,76920236,7112024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,939. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Silsbee covers 7.68 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 874 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Silsbee is less dense than the typical town.

What county Silsbee is in

All of Silsbee's residents live in Hardin County, which had 58,670 residents in 2024. Silsbee holds 11.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Silsbee

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Silsbee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77656. 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 Silsbee is

The Census internal point of Silsbee is at 30.345500, -94.176800. Austin, the capital, is 212.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lumberton, TX (14,255 people), 6.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Beaumont, TX, 18.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.345500, -94.176800
DMS
30°20'43.80"N 94°10'36.48"W
UTM
15N 386891.7E 3357657.5N
Geohash
9vmh8unx3
Plus code
86278RWF+67

Daylight in Silsbee

At 30.35° N, Silsbee gets about 14 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Silsbee

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Lumberton, 6.5 miles away, with 14,255 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Silsbee, TX?

6,711 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 227 (3.3%) from 6,938 in July 2020.

What county is Silsbee in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Silsbee?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77656.

How far is Silsbee from Austin?

212.6 miles (342.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Silsbee.

What is the nearest larger city to Silsbee?

Lumberton, TX, with 14,255 residents, 6.5 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.