North Carolina · Census place 3709540
Calabash, North Carolina
Calabash is a town in Brunswick County, North Carolina with an estimated 2,975 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 217th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,975
- #217 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +47.5%
- +958 people
- Land area
- 7.3 sq mi
- + 0.34 sq mi water
- Density
- 408 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Calabash population, 2020 to 2024
Calabash added 958 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +47.5%. In the latest year it moved by +555.
Calabash covers 7.29 square miles of land and 0.34 of water, for 408 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Calabash is less dense than the typical town.
What county Calabash is in
All of Calabash's residents live in Brunswick County, which had 167,112 residents in 2024. Calabash holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Calabash
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Calabash by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28467, 28468. 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 Calabash is
The Census internal point of Calabash is at 33.908100, -78.543800. Raleigh, the capital, is 129.4 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carolina Shores, NC (5,463 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 43.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.908100, -78.543800
- DMS
- 33°54'29.16"N 78°32'37.68"W
- UTM
- 17N 727095.2E 3754682.8N
- Geohash
- dq00usy0u
- Plus code
- 8753WF54+6F
Daylight in Calabash
At 33.91° N, Calabash gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Calabash
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Carolina Shores, 1.7 miles away, with 5,463 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Calabash, NC?
2,975 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 958 (47.5%) from 2,017 in July 2020.
What county is Calabash in?
Brunswick County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Calabash?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 28467, 28468.
How far is Calabash from Raleigh?
129.4 miles (208.3 km) in a straight line, heading N from Calabash.
What is the nearest larger city to Calabash?
Carolina Shores, NC, with 5,463 residents, 1.7 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.