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Elevation of San Angelo

1,843ft

above sea level · 562 m

San Angelo is a city in Texas with 100,640 people, the 45th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 32nd highest.

By the Mapsfera Team

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Place facts

Coordinates
31.46° N · 100.44° W
In degrees, minutes and seconds: 31° 27′ 50″ N · 100° 26′ 13″ W
UTM coordinates
14R · 363,474 E · 3,481,895 N
Zone 14 · NAD83, the official US datum
County
Tom Green County
Where the city’s reference point falls
State
Texas
TX · capital: Austin
Time zone
Central Time
UTC−6 · UTC−5 in summer (daylight saving time)
Population (2025)
100,640 people
60.2 sq mi of land · 1,672 people/sq mi
Elevation model
USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
Lidar from March 2018: the ground height at the city’s reference point.

Population

San Angelo had 100,640 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 0.7% more than in April 2020, when it had 99,903. Its 60.2 sq mi of land work out to 1,672 people/sq mi; the state average is 121 people/sq mi.

It’s the 45th most populous of the 1,862 places the Census counts in Texas (cities, towns and CDPs), after Houston (2,397,315), and holds 0.3% of the state’s population.

It lies entirely within Tom Green County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 1.8 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.

Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000

San Angelo sits at 1,843 ft (562 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: San Angelo is 981 ft above it.

The state capital, Austin, is 180 mi away in a straight line and 1,356 ft lower than San Angelo.

The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Lubbock, 168 mi away in a straight line and 1,360 ft higher.

Of the 44 cities in Texas with a page, San Angelo is the 6th 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: 6,906 ft above San Angelo, 262 mi away in a straight line.

  1. 30 Spokane Valley 2,013 ft
  2. 31 Spokane 1,870 ft
  3. 32 San Angelo 1,843 ft
  4. 33 Abilene 1,705 ft
  5. 34 Moreno Valley 1,635 ft

Each color band is 500 m (1,640 ft), the same colors as the map. See the full list

Nearest cities with a page

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Frequently asked questions

What people most often ask about the elevation of San Angelo.

What is the elevation of San Angelo?

San Angelo is 1,843 feet (562 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 San Angelo?

Latitude 31.46377 and longitude -100.43704, in decimal degrees (31° 27′ 50″ N · 100° 26′ 13″ W). In UTM, zone 14: 363,474 E and 3,481,895 N, on NAD83.

How does San Angelo rank among the highest US cities of its size?

It’s the 32nd 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 San Angelo in?

Tom Green County, Texas.

Which is higher, San Angelo or Austin?

San Angelo. San Angelo sits at 1,843 ft and Austin at 487 ft: a difference of 1,356 ft, 180 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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