Texas · Census place 4876948

Webster, Texas

Webster is a city in Harris County, Texas with an estimated 12,548 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 215th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,548
#215 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+99 people
Land area
6.4 sq mi
+ 0.22 sq mi water
Density
1,976 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Webster. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Webster population, 2020 to 2024

Webster added 99 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +197. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 279th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Webster is 82% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,488. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Webster covers 6.35 square miles of land and 0.22 of water, for 1,976 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Webster is denser than the typical town.

What county Webster is in

All of Webster's residents live in Harris County, which had 5,009,302 residents in 2024. Webster 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 Webster

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Webster by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77058, 77598. 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 Webster is

The Census internal point of Webster is at 29.532100, -95.116500. Austin, the capital, is 165.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is League City, TX (118,456 people), 2.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.532100, -95.116500
DMS
29°31'55.56"N 95°06'59.40"W
UTM
15N 294893.5E 3268807.9N
Geohash
9vk2584kb
Plus code
76X6GVJM+RC

Daylight in Webster

At 29.53° N, Webster gets about 14 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Webster

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Nassau Bay, 2.0 miles away, with 5,229 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Webster, TX?

12,548 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 99 (0.8%) from 12,449 in July 2020.

What county is Webster in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Webster?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 77058, 77598.

How far is Webster from Austin?

165.3 miles (266.0 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Webster.

What is the nearest larger city to Webster?

League City, TX, with 118,456 residents, 2.9 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.