Texas · Census place 4870208

Stephenville, Texas

Stephenville is a city in Erath County, Texas with an estimated 22,147 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 144th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
22,147
#144 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+4.9%
+1,033 people
Land area
12.0 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,850 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Stephenville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Stephenville population, 2020 to 2024

Stephenville added 1,033 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.9%. In the latest year it moved by +53. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 185th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Stephenville is 1.4 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 20,963. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Stephenville covers 11.97 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,850 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Stephenville is denser than the typical town.

What county Stephenville is in

All of Stephenville's residents live in Erath County, which had 44,496 residents in 2024. Stephenville holds 49.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Stephenville

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Stephenville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76401, 76402. 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 Stephenville is

The Census internal point of Stephenville is at 32.214500, -98.219900. Austin, the capital, is 137.0 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Weatherford, TX (39,397 people), 45.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Worth, TX, 64.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.214500, -98.219900
DMS
32°12'52.20"N 98°13'11.64"W
UTM
14N 573513.5E 3564478.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86436Q7J+R2

Daylight in Stephenville

At 32.21° N, Stephenville gets about 14 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Stephenville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Dublin, 11.2 miles away, with 3,450 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Stephenville, TX?

22,147 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,033 (4.9%) from 21,114 in July 2020.

What county is Stephenville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Stephenville?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 76401, 76402.

How far is Stephenville from Austin?

137.0 miles (220.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Stephenville.

What is the nearest larger city to Stephenville?

Weatherford, TX, with 39,397 residents, 45.5 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.