Van Alstyne, Texas

Van Alstyne population, 2020 to 2024

Van Alstyne added 2,756 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +61.7%. In the latest year it moved by +459. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 20th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Van Alstyne is 47% of it.

Van Alstyne covers 5.55 square miles of land, for 1,301 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Van Alstyne is less dense than the typical town.

What county Van Alstyne is in

All of Van Alstyne's residents live in Grayson County, which had 150,532 residents in 2024. Van Alstyne holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Van Alstyne

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Van Alstyne by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75495. 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 Van Alstyne is

The Census internal point of Van Alstyne is at 33.421700, -96.583200. Austin, the capital, is 227.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Anna, TX (31,986 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is McKinney, TX, 16.0 miles away.

Daylight in Van Alstyne

At 33.42° N, Van Alstyne 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 Van Alstyne

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Anna, 5.4 miles away, with 31,986 people.