North Carolina · Census place 3720120
Edenton, North Carolina
Edenton is a town in Chowan County, North Carolina with an estimated 4,492 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 170th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,492
- #170 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +0.6%
- +27 people
- Land area
- 5.4 sq mi
- + 0.20 sq mi water
- Density
- 835 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Edenton population, 2020 to 2024
Edenton added 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Edenton covers 5.38 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 835 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Edenton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Edenton is in
All of Edenton's residents live in Chowan County, which had 13,891 residents in 2024. Edenton holds 32.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Edenton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Edenton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27932. 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 Edenton is
The Census internal point of Edenton is at 36.058600, -76.599000. Raleigh, the capital, is 115.8 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elizabeth City, NC (19,028 people), 25.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Suffolk, VA, 44.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.058600, -76.599000
- DMS
- 36°03'30.96"N 76°35'56.40"W
- UTM
- 18N 355986.8E 3991631.1N
- Geohash
- dq3t0uq29
- Plus code
- 87853C52+CC
Daylight in Edenton
At 36.06° N, Edenton 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 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Edenton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Hertford, 11.0 miles away, with 1,992 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Edenton, NC?
4,492 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 27 (0.6%) from 4,465 in July 2020.
What county is Edenton in?
Chowan County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Edenton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27932.
How far is Edenton from Raleigh?
115.8 miles (186.3 km) in a straight line, heading W from Edenton.
What is the nearest larger city to Edenton?
Elizabeth City, NC, with 19,028 residents, 25.9 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.
- 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.