Texas · Census place 4879576

Wilmer, Texas

Wilmer is a city in Dallas County, Texas with an estimated 6,774 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 323rd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,774
#323 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+14.7%
+866 people
Land area
12.1 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
558 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Wilmer. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Wilmer population, 2020 to 2024

Wilmer added 866 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +14.7%. In the latest year it moved by +26. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 90th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Wilmer is 44% of it.

5,90820206,09220216,44720226,74820236,7742024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,740. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wilmer covers 12.14 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 558 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Wilmer is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wilmer is in

All of Wilmer's residents live in Dallas County, which had 2,656,028 residents in 2024. Wilmer 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 Wilmer

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Wilmer by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 75146, 75172. 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 Wilmer is

The Census internal point of Wilmer is at 32.599000, -96.681600. Austin, the capital, is 172.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hutchins, TX (7,996 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mesquite, TX, 12.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
32.599000, -96.681600
DMS
32°35'56.40"N 96°40'53.76"W
UTM
14N 717574.8E 3609205.8N
Geohash
9vg1ryqwg
Plus code
8645H8X9+H9

Daylight in Wilmer

At 32.60° N, Wilmer gets about 14 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wilmer

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hutchins, 3.5 miles away, with 7,996 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wilmer, TX?

6,774 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 866 (14.7%) from 5,908 in July 2020.

What county is Wilmer in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wilmer?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 75146, 75172.

How far is Wilmer from Austin?

172.3 miles (277.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Wilmer.

What is the nearest larger city to Wilmer?

Hutchins, TX, with 7,996 residents, 3.5 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.