Texas · Census place 4879624

Wimberley, Texas

Wimberley is a city in Hays County, Texas with an estimated 2,889 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 505th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,889
#505 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+6 people
Land area
9.0 sq mi
Density
322 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Wimberley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Wimberley population, 2020 to 2024

Wimberley added 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

2,88320202,88420212,90120222,88020232,8892024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,849. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wimberley covers 8.96 square miles of land, for 322 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Wimberley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wimberley is in

All of Wimberley's residents live in Hays County, which had 292,029 residents in 2024. Wimberley 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 Wimberley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wimberley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78676. 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 Wimberley is

The Census internal point of Wimberley is at 29.984800, -98.090600. Austin, the capital, is 29.0 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is San Marcos, TX (74,316 people), 12.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Braunfels, TX, 19.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.984800, -98.090600
DMS
29°59'5.28"N 98°05'26.16"W
UTM
14N 587724.7E 3317449.0N
Geohash
9v64xfsd5
Plus code
76X3XWM5+WQ

Daylight in Wimberley

At 29.98° N, Wimberley gets about 14 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wimberley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Woodcreek, 3.1 miles away, with 1,886 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wimberley, TX?

2,889 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6 (0.2%) from 2,883 in July 2020.

What county is Wimberley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wimberley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 78676.

How far is Wimberley from Austin?

29.0 miles (46.6 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Wimberley.

What is the nearest larger city to Wimberley?

San Marcos, TX, with 74,316 residents, 12.0 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.