Texas · Census place 4873316

Tomball, Texas

Tomball is a city in Harris County, Texas with an estimated 15,152 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 194th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
15,152
#194 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+22.9%
+2,825 people
Land area
13.1 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
1,161 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Tomball. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Tomball population, 2020 to 2024

Tomball added 2,825 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +22.9%. In the latest year it moved by +760. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 63rd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Tomball is 99% of it.

12.3k202012.8k202113.7k202214.4k202315.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,324. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tomball covers 13.05 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,161 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Tomball is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tomball is in

All of Tomball's residents live in Harris County, which had 5,009,302 residents in 2024. Tomball holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tomball

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Tomball by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77375, 77377. 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 Tomball is

The Census internal point of Tomball is at 30.095100, -95.619700. Austin, the capital, is 127.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Conroe, TX (114,581 people), 18.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.095100, -95.619700
DMS
30°05'42.36"N 95°37'10.92"W
UTM
15N 247533.2E 3332218.7N
Geohash
9vk50neue
Plus code
862639WJ+24

Daylight in Tomball

At 30.10° N, Tomball gets about 14 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tomball

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Magnolia, 11.0 miles away, with 6,506 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tomball, TX?

15,152 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,825 (22.9%) from 12,327 in July 2020.

What county is Tomball in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Tomball?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 77375, 77377.

How far is Tomball from Austin?

127.2 miles (204.8 km) in a straight line, heading W from Tomball.

What is the nearest larger city to Tomball?

Conroe, TX, with 114,581 residents, 18.0 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.