North Carolina · Census place 3708480
Bryson City, North Carolina
Bryson City is a town in Swain County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,522 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 290th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,522
- #290 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- -2.3%
- -36 people
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- + 0.11 sq mi water
- Density
- 698 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Bryson City population, 2020 to 2024
Bryson City lost 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +1.
Bryson City covers 2.18 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 698 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Bryson City is less dense than the typical town.
What county Bryson City is in
All of Bryson City's residents live in Swain County, which had 13,945 residents in 2024. Bryson City holds 10.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bryson City
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bryson City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28713. 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 Bryson City is
The Census internal point of Bryson City is at 35.426600, -83.447300. Raleigh, the capital, is 271.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sylva, NC (2,694 people), 13.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 47.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.426600, -83.447300
- DMS
- 35°25'35.76"N 83°26'50.28"W
- UTM
- 17N 277822.7E 3923104.5N
- Geohash
- dnk9t15wb
- Plus code
- 867RCHG3+J3
Daylight in Bryson City
At 35.43° N, Bryson City 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 Bryson City
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Sylva, 13.4 miles away, with 2,694 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bryson City, NC?
1,522 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 36 (2.3%) from 1,558 in July 2020.
What county is Bryson City in?
Swain County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bryson City?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28713.
How far is Bryson City from Raleigh?
271.2 miles (436.4 km) in a straight line, heading E from Bryson City.
What is the nearest larger city to Bryson City?
Sylva, NC, with 2,694 residents, 13.4 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.