Texas · Census place 4869140
South Padre Island, Texas
South Padre Island is a town in Cameron County, Texas with an estimated 2,076 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 596th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,076
- #596 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +0.1%
- +2 people
- Land area
- 2.7 sq mi
- + 1.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 772 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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South Padre Island population, 2020 to 2024
South Padre Island added 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +26.
South Padre Island covers 2.69 square miles of land and 1.05 of water, for 772 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so South Padre Island is less dense than the typical town.
What county South Padre Island is in
All of South Padre Island's residents live in Cameron County, which had 431,874 residents in 2024. South Padre Island holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in South Padre Island
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps South Padre Island by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 78597. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where South Padre Island is
The Census internal point of South Padre Island is at 26.120500, -97.170700. Austin, the capital, is 289.1 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Port Isabel, TX (5,210 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Brownsville, TX, 19.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 26.120500, -97.170700
- DMS
- 26°07'13.80"N 97°10'14.52"W
- UTM
- 14N 682904.1E 2890314.3N
- Geohash
- 9udusg46y
- Plus code
- 76R44RCH+6P
Daylight in South Padre Island
At 26.12° N, South Padre Island gets about 13 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near South Padre Island
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Port Isabel, 6.2 miles away, with 5,210 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of South Padre Island, TX?
2,076 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2 (0.1%) from 2,074 in July 2020.
What county is South Padre Island in?
Cameron County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover South Padre Island?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78597.
How far is South Padre Island from Austin?
289.1 miles (465.2 km) in a straight line, heading N from South Padre Island.
What is the nearest larger city to South Padre Island?
Port Isabel, TX, with 5,210 residents, 6.2 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.