Texas · Census place 4871060

Sundown, Texas

Sundown is a city in Hockley County, Texas with an estimated 1,306 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 735th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,306
#735 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+1.2%
+16 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
859 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Sundown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Sundown population, 2020 to 2024

Sundown added 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +15.

1,29020201,28420211,27820221,29120231,3062024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,290. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sundown covers 1.52 square miles of land, for 859 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Sundown is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sundown is in

All of Sundown's residents live in Hockley County, which had 21,505 residents in 2024. Sundown holds 6.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sundown

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sundown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79336, 79372. 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 Sundown is

The Census internal point of Sundown is at 33.457500, -102.490800. Austin, the capital, is 355.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Levelland, TX (12,494 people), 11.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lubbock, TX, 35.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.457500, -102.490800
DMS
33°27'27.00"N 102°29'26.88"W
UTM
13N 733211.3E 3704823.8N
Geohash
9tzn7fb2p
Plus code
855VFG55+2M

Daylight in Sundown

At 33.46° N, Sundown gets about 14 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sundown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Levelland, 11.3 miles away, with 12,494 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sundown, TX?

1,306 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 16 (1.2%) from 1,290 in July 2020.

What county is Sundown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sundown?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 79336, 79372.

How far is Sundown from Austin?

355.0 miles (571.4 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Sundown.

What is the nearest larger city to Sundown?

Levelland, TX, with 12,494 residents, 11.2 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.

  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.