Texas · Census place 4880224

Woodway, Texas

Woodway is a city in McLennan County, Texas with an estimated 9,686 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 261st largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,686
#261 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+2.8%
+266 people
Land area
6.6 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,470 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Woodway. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Woodway population, 2020 to 2024

Woodway added 266 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -2. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 218th; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Woodway is 63% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,408. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Woodway covers 6.59 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,470 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Woodway is close to the typical town.

What county Woodway is in

All of Woodway's residents live in McLennan County, which had 270,358 residents in 2024. Woodway holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Woodway

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Woodway by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76712. 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 Woodway is

The Census internal point of Woodway is at 31.498300, -97.230800. Austin, the capital, is 89.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hewitt, TX (16,749 people), 3.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Waco, TX, 4.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.498300, -97.230800
DMS
31°29'53.88"N 97°13'50.88"W
UTM
14N 668026.1E 3486183.9N
Geohash
9vdg5qndy
Plus code
8634FQX9+8M

Daylight in Woodway

At 31.50° N, Woodway gets about 14 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Woodway

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hewitt, 3.9 miles away, with 16,749 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Woodway, TX?

9,686 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 266 (2.8%) from 9,420 in July 2020.

What county is Woodway in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Woodway?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76712.

How far is Woodway from Austin?

89.8 miles (144.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Woodway.

What is the nearest larger city to Woodway?

Hewitt, TX, with 16,749 residents, 3.9 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.