Texas · Census place 4879672

Windcrest, Texas

Windcrest is a city in Bexar County, Texas with an estimated 5,782 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 350th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,782
#350 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-76 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
2,689 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Windcrest. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Windcrest population, 2020 to 2024

Windcrest lost 76 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +5. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 342nd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Windcrest is 38% of it.

5,85820205,82520215,80320225,77720235,7822024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,859. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Windcrest covers 2.15 square miles of land, for 2,689 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Windcrest is denser than the typical town.

What county Windcrest is in

All of Windcrest's residents live in Bexar County, which had 2,127,737 residents in 2024. Windcrest 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 Windcrest

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Windcrest by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 78218, 78239. 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 Windcrest is

The Census internal point of Windcrest is at 29.514800, -98.381300. Austin, the capital, is 65.0 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kirby, TX (8,104 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is San Antonio, TX, 9.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
29.514800, -98.381300
DMS
29°30'53.28"N 98°22'52.68"W
UTM
14N 559960.9E 3265182.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
76X3GJ79+WF

Daylight in Windcrest

At 29.51° N, Windcrest 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 Windcrest

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Kirby, 3.7 miles away, with 8,104 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Windcrest, TX?

5,782 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 76 (1.3%) from 5,858 in July 2020.

What county is Windcrest in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Windcrest?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 78218, 78239.

How far is Windcrest from Austin?

65.0 miles (104.6 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Windcrest.

What is the nearest larger city to Windcrest?

Kirby, TX, with 8,104 residents, 3.7 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.