City manager says Kyle's population to reach 60,000 by end of year

The current Kyle city limits sign announces the city’s population as 28,016. That’s less than half of what it actually is, according to City Manager Scott Sellers.

Sellers told the city council Tuesday night the city’s population number CAMPO received from the U.S. Census Bureau was 51,588 as of Jan. 1, 2020.

“That fits closely to our in-house numbers, which we track through actual building permits.” Sellers said. “We feel based on our permit numbers that the (current) population is 58,500. So we are growing at about 9 percent per year and Jan. 1, 2022, we expect to be at 60,200 population.”

As for those 28,016 signs?

“We are currently working with TxDOT to move those signs and update our numbers,” Sellers said.

At the current growth rate, Kyle would reach a population of 100,960 by the beginning of 2028.