North Carolina · Census place 3706000
Biscoe, North Carolina
Biscoe is a town in Montgomery County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,895 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 257th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,895
- #257 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +2.6%
- +48 people
- Land area
- 2.9 sq mi
- Density
- 651 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Biscoe population, 2020 to 2024
Biscoe added 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +13.
Biscoe covers 2.91 square miles of land, for 651 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Biscoe is less dense than the typical town.
What county Biscoe is in
All of Biscoe's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 26,364 residents in 2024. Biscoe holds 7.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Biscoe
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Biscoe by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27209. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Biscoe is
The Census internal point of Biscoe is at 35.358900, -79.779700. Raleigh, the capital, is 70.4 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Troy, NC (2,978 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is High Point, NC, 45.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.358900, -79.779700
- DMS
- 35°21'32.04"N 79°46'46.92"W
- UTM
- 17N 610868.8E 3913528.2N
- Geohash
- dnr30sfhw
- Plus code
- 8772965C+H4
Daylight in Biscoe
At 35.36° N, Biscoe gets about 14 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Biscoe
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Troy, 6.3 miles away, with 2,978 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Biscoe, NC?
1,895 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 48 (2.6%) from 1,847 in July 2020.
What county is Biscoe in?
Montgomery County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Biscoe?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27209.
How far is Biscoe from Raleigh?
70.4 miles (113.3 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Biscoe.
What is the nearest larger city to Biscoe?
Troy, NC, with 2,978 residents, 6.3 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.