Snyder, Texas

Snyder population, 2020 to 2024

Snyder lost 246 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -22. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 357th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Snyder is 73% of it.

Snyder covers 8.94 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,247 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Snyder is less dense than the typical town.

What county Snyder is in

All of Snyder's residents live in Scurry County, which had 16,211 residents in 2024. Snyder holds 68.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Snyder

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Snyder by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79549. 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 Snyder is

The Census internal point of Snyder is at 32.713600, -100.911900. Austin, the capital, is 251.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Big Spring, TX (22,541 people), 46.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Abilene, TX, 70.6 miles away.

Daylight in Snyder

At 32.71° N, Snyder gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Snyder

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Colorado City, 21.9 miles away, with 3,915 people.