Texas · Census place 4873748

Troy, Texas

Troy is a city in Bell County, Texas with an estimated 3,427 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 465th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,427
#465 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+42.1%
+1,015 people
Land area
4.7 sq mi
Density
737 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Troy. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

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Troy population, 2020 to 2024

Troy added 1,015 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +42.1%. In the latest year it moved by +260.

2,41220202,48320212,72820223,16720233,4272024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,374. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Troy covers 4.65 square miles of land, for 737 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Troy is less dense than the typical town.

What county Troy is in

All of Troy's residents live in Bell County, which had 399,578 residents in 2024. Troy holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Troy

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Troy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76501, 76579. 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 Troy is

The Census internal point of Troy is at 31.194000, -97.300400. Austin, the capital, is 68.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Temple, TX (96,267 people), 8.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Waco, TX, 26.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.194000, -97.300400
DMS
31°11'38.40"N 97°18'1.44"W
UTM
14N 661935.8E 3452346.5N
Geohash
9vdc3ysn0
Plus code
86345MVX+JR

Daylight in Troy

At 31.19° N, Troy gets about 14 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Troy

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Temple, 8.1 miles away, with 96,267 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Troy, TX?

3,427 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,015 (42.1%) from 2,412 in July 2020.

What county is Troy in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Troy?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 76501, 76579.

How far is Troy from Austin?

68.7 miles (110.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Troy.

What is the nearest larger city to Troy?

Temple, TX, with 96,267 residents, 8.1 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.

  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.