Texas · Census place 4873352

Tool, Texas

Tool is a city in Henderson County, Texas with an estimated 2,380 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 552nd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,380; #552 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020: +9.2%; +201 people
Land area: 3.6 sq mi
Density: 663 / sq mi; State median 1,561

Orange pin: Tool. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

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Tool population, 2020 to 2024

Tool added 201 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.2%. In the latest year it moved by +69.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,171. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tool covers 3.59 square miles of land, for 663 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Tool is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tool is in

All of Tool's residents live in Henderson County, which had 87,467 residents in 2024. Tool holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tool

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tool by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75143. 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 Tool is

The Census internal point of Tool is at 32.280500, -96.172700. Austin, the capital, is 166.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gun Barrel City, TX (6,999 people), 4.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mesquite, TX, 40.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 32.280500, -96.172700
DMS: 32°16'49.80"N 96°10'21.72"W
UTM: 14N 766284.2E 3575038.2N
Geohash: 9vexes3pt
Plus code: 86457RJG+6W

Daylight in Tool

At 32.28° N, Tool 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 Tool

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Gun Barrel City, 4.1 miles away, with 6,999 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tool, TX?

2,380 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 201 (9.2%) from 2,179 in July 2020.

What county is Tool in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Tool?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75143.

How far is Tool from Austin?

166.7 miles (268.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Tool.

What is the nearest larger city to Tool?

Gun Barrel City, TX, with 6,999 residents, 4.1 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.