Texas · Census place 4879408

Willis, Texas

Willis is a city in Montgomery County, Texas with an estimated 7,222 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 310th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,222
#310 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+12.0%
+773 people
Land area
4.7 sq mi
Density
1,527 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Willis. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Willis population, 2020 to 2024

Willis added 773 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.0%. In the latest year it moved by +223. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 108th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Willis is 47% of it.

6,44920206,71720216,96720226,99920237,2222024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,431. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Willis covers 4.73 square miles of land, for 1,527 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Willis is close to the typical town.

What county Willis is in

All of Willis's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 749,613 residents in 2024. Willis holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Willis

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Willis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77318, 77378. 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 Willis is

The Census internal point of Willis is at 30.434200, -95.484200. Austin, the capital, is 134.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Conroe, TX (114,581 people), 7.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.434200, -95.484200
DMS
30°26'3.12"N 95°29'3.12"W
UTM
15N 261417.9E 3369520.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
8626CGM8+M8

Daylight in Willis

At 30.43° N, Willis gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Willis

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Panorama Village, 3.6 miles away, with 2,521 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Willis, TX?

7,222 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 773 (12.0%) from 6,449 in July 2020.

What county is Willis in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Willis?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 77318, 77378.

How far is Willis from Austin?

134.9 miles (217.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Willis.

What is the nearest larger city to Willis?

Conroe, TX, with 114,581 residents, 7.3 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.