North Carolina · Census place 3715260

Cramerton, North Carolina

Cramerton is a town in Gaston County, North Carolina with an estimated 5,604 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 135th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,604
#135 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+5.2%
+279 people
Land area
4.7 sq mi
+ 0.30 sq mi water
Density
1,205 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Cramerton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Cramerton population, 2020 to 2024

Cramerton added 279 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +87. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 71st; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Cramerton is 38% of it.

5,32520205,39320215,44220225,51720235,6042024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,311. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cramerton covers 4.65 square miles of land and 0.30 of water, for 1,205 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Cramerton is close to the typical town.

What county Cramerton is in

All of Cramerton's residents live in Gaston County, which had 242,010 residents in 2024. Cramerton holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cramerton

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cramerton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28012, 28032. 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 Cramerton is

The Census internal point of Cramerton is at 35.230000, -81.073300. Raleigh, the capital, is 142.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Belmont, NC (16,044 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 13.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.230000, -81.073300
DMS
35°13'48.00"N 81°04'23.88"W
UTM
17N 493330.0E 3898552.1N
Geohash
dnq27jkjx
Plus code
867W6WHG+XM

Daylight in Cramerton

At 35.23° N, Cramerton gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cramerton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Belmont, 1.9 miles away, with 16,044 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cramerton, NC?

5,604 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 279 (5.2%) from 5,325 in July 2020.

What county is Cramerton in?

Gaston County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Cramerton?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 28012, 28032.

How far is Cramerton from Raleigh?

142.1 miles (228.7 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Cramerton.

What is the nearest larger city to Cramerton?

Belmont, NC, with 16,044 residents, 1.9 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.