North Carolina · Census place 3706500

Blowing Rock, North Carolina

Blowing Rock is a town in 2 counties of North Carolina with an estimated 1,336 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 308th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,336
#308 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
-2.7%
-37 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
412 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Blowing Rock. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Blowing Rock population, 2020 to 2024

Blowing Rock lost 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -17.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,375. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Blowing Rock covers 3.24 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 412 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Blowing Rock is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Blowing Rock spans

Blowing Rock crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,336 residents as follows; Watauga County holds 92.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Watauga County1,239
  2. 02Caldwell County97
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Blowing Rock

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Blowing Rock by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28605. 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 Blowing Rock is

The Census internal point of Blowing Rock is at 36.129200, -81.666300. Raleigh, the capital, is 171.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Boone, NC (20,080 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Concord, NC, 77.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.129200, -81.666300
DMS
36°07'45.12"N 81°39'58.68"W
UTM
17N 440045.7E 3998484.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
868W48HM+MF

Daylight in Blowing Rock

At 36.13° N, Blowing Rock gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Blowing Rock

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Boone, 5.8 miles away, with 20,080 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Blowing Rock, NC?

1,336 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 37 (2.7%) from 1,373 in July 2020.

What county is Blowing Rock in?

It spans 2 counties: Watauga County (1,239 residents), Caldwell County (97 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Blowing Rock?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28605.

How far is Blowing Rock from Raleigh?

171.0 miles (275.2 km) in a straight line, heading E from Blowing Rock.

What is the nearest larger city to Blowing Rock?

Boone, NC, with 20,080 residents, 5.8 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)

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