Texas · Census place 4868720
Somerville, Texas
Somerville is a city in Burleson County, Texas with an estimated 1,478 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 697th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,478
- #697 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +12.7%
- +166 people
- Land area
- 2.9 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 513 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Somerville population, 2020 to 2024
Somerville added 166 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.7%. In the latest year it moved by +48.
Somerville covers 2.88 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 513 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Somerville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Somerville is in
All of Somerville's residents live in Burleson County, which had 20,179 residents in 2024. Somerville holds 7.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Somerville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Somerville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77879. 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 Somerville is
The Census internal point of Somerville is at 30.345400, -96.530900. Austin, the capital, is 72.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brenham, TX (19,728 people), 15.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is College Station, TX, 21.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 30.345400, -96.530900
- DMS
- 30°20'43.44"N 96°31'51.24"W
- UTM
- 14N 737346.2E 3359644.2N
- Geohash
- 9v7kekhqg
- Plus code
- 86258FW9+5J
Daylight in Somerville
At 30.35° N, Somerville 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 Somerville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Brenham, 15.2 miles away, with 19,728 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Somerville, TX?
1,478 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 166 (12.7%) from 1,312 in July 2020.
What county is Somerville in?
Burleson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Somerville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77879.
How far is Somerville from Austin?
72.3 miles (116.3 km) in a straight line, heading W from Somerville.
What is the nearest larger city to Somerville?
Brenham, TX, with 19,728 residents, 15.2 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.