Davidson, North Carolina

Davidson population, 2020 to 2024

Davidson added 1,429 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.6%. In the latest year it moved by +357. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 31st; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Davidson is 1.1 times that size.

Davidson covers 6.50 square miles of land and 0.25 of water, for 2,504 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Davidson is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Davidson spans

Davidson crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 16,276 residents as follows; Mecklenburg County holds 97.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Davidson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Davidson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28036. 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 Davidson is

The Census internal point of Davidson is at 35.480400, -80.820900. Raleigh, the capital, is 124.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cornelius, NC (34,366 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Concord, NC, 12.1 miles away.

Daylight in Davidson

At 35.48° N, Davidson gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Davidson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Cornelius, 3.4 miles away, with 34,366 people.