Elevation of Richardson
629ft
above sea level · 192 m
Richardson is a city in Texas with 118,542 people, the 37th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 103rd highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 32.95° N · 96.73° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 32° 56′ 53″ N · 96° 43′ 47″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 14S · 712,227 E · 3,647,830 N
- Zone 14 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Central Time
- UTC−6 · UTC−5 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 118,542 people
- 28.6 sq mi of land · 4,151 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from November 2019: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Richardson had 118,542 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 0.8% fewer than in April 2020, when it had 119,460. Its 28.6 sq mi of land work out to 4,151 people/sq mi; the state average is 121 people/sq mi.
It’s the 37th most populous of the 1,862 places the Census counts in Texas (cities, towns and CDPs), after Houston (2,397,315), and holds 0.4% of the state’s population.
The city spreads across 2 counties. By population: Dallas County (75,636) and Collin County (42,906). Its reference point, where we measure the elevation, is in Dallas County.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Richardson sits at 629 ft (192 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Richardson is 233 ft below it.
The state capital, Austin, is 195 mi away in a straight line and 142 ft lower than Richardson.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Plano, 5.3 mi away in a straight line and 39 ft higher.
Of the 44 cities in Texas with a page, Richardson is the 20th highest: the highest is El Paso (3,713 ft) and the lowest is Corpus Christi (7 ft).
The highest point in Texas is Guadalupe Peak, at 8,749 ft according to the USGS: 8,120 ft above Richardson, 480 mi away in a straight line.
- 103 Richardson 629 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Richardson.
What is the elevation of Richardson?
Richardson is 629 feet (192 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Richardson?
Latitude 32.94818 and longitude -96.72972, in decimal degrees (32° 56′ 53″ N · 96° 43′ 47″ W). In UTM, zone 14: 712,227 E and 3,647,830 N, on NAD83.
How does Richardson rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 103rd highest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is Richardson in?
Several: Dallas County and Collin County. Most of its people live in Dallas County.
Which is higher, Richardson or Austin?
Richardson. Richardson sits at 629 ft and Austin at 487 ft: a difference of 142 ft, 195 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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