Texas · Census place 4879972

Wolfforth, Texas

Wolfforth is a city in Lubbock County, Texas with an estimated 7,982 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 294th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,982
#294 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+42.4%
+2,376 people
Land area
4.9 sq mi
Density
1,642 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Wolfforth. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Wolfforth population, 2020 to 2024

Wolfforth added 2,376 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +42.4%. In the latest year it moved by +719. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 33rd; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Wolfforth is 52% of it.

5,60620206,03620216,57420227,26320237,9822024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,549. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wolfforth covers 4.86 square miles of land, for 1,642 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Wolfforth is close to the typical town.

What county Wolfforth is in

All of Wolfforth's residents live in Lubbock County, which had 327,394 residents in 2024. Wolfforth holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wolfforth

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wolfforth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 79382. 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 Wolfforth is

The Census internal point of Wolfforth is at 33.509000, -102.005100. Austin, the capital, is 335.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lubbock, TX (272,086 people), 7.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.509000, -102.005100
DMS
33°30'32.40"N 102°00'18.36"W
UTM
13N 778203.5E 3711733.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
855VGX5V+JX

Daylight in Wolfforth

At 33.51° N, Wolfforth gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wolfforth

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Lubbock, 7.6 miles away, with 272,086 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wolfforth, TX?

7,982 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,376 (42.4%) from 5,606 in July 2020.

What county is Wolfforth in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wolfforth?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 79382.

How far is Wolfforth from Austin?

335.4 miles (539.8 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Wolfforth.

What is the nearest larger city to Wolfforth?

Lubbock, TX, with 272,086 residents, 7.6 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.