Texas · Census place 4868036

Sinton, Texas

Sinton is a city in San Patricio County, Texas with an estimated 5,648 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 357th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,648
#357 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+2.2%
+121 people
Land area
5.1 sq mi
Density
1,105 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Sinton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Sinton population, 2020 to 2024

Sinton added 121 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +38. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 239th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Sinton is 37% of it.

5,52720205,56620215,55720225,61020235,6482024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,542. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sinton covers 5.11 square miles of land, for 1,105 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Sinton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sinton is in

All of Sinton's residents live in San Patricio County, which had 71,467 residents in 2024. Sinton holds 7.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sinton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sinton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78387. 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 Sinton is

The Census internal point of Sinton is at 28.037200, -97.501500. Austin, the capital, is 155.2 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Portland, TX (20,725 people), 14.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Corpus Christi, TX, 28.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
28.037200, -97.501500
DMS
28°02'13.92"N 97°30'5.40"W
UTM
14N 647295.1E 3102228.7N
Geohash
9ufxt218d
Plus code
76W42FPX+VC

Daylight in Sinton

At 28.04° N, Sinton gets about 13 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sinton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Taft, 7.7 miles away, with 2,929 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sinton, TX?

5,648 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 121 (2.2%) from 5,527 in July 2020.

What county is Sinton in?

San Patricio County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Sinton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78387.

How far is Sinton from Austin?

155.2 miles (249.8 km) in a straight line, heading N from Sinton.

What is the nearest larger city to Sinton?

Portland, TX, with 20,725 residents, 14.6 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.