North Carolina · Census place 3720620

Elkin, North Carolina

Elkin is a town in 2 counties of North Carolina with an estimated 4,094 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 179th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,094
#179 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
-0.6%
-26 people
Land area
6.8 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
601 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Elkin. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Elkin population, 2020 to 2024

Elkin lost 26 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

4,12020204,09120214,09420224,10020234,0942024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,122. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Elkin covers 6.81 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 601 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Elkin is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Elkin spans

Elkin crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 4,094 residents as follows; Surry County holds 98.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Surry County4,021
  2. 02Wilkes County73
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Elkin

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elkin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28621. 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 Elkin is

The Census internal point of Elkin is at 36.263400, -80.847100. Raleigh, the capital, is 127.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is North Wilkesboro, NC (4,412 people), 17.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 34.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.263400, -80.847100
DMS
36°15'48.24"N 80°50'49.56"W
UTM
17N 513734.5E 4013174.8N
Geohash
dnqw238cw
Plus code
868X7573+95

Daylight in Elkin

At 36.26° N, Elkin gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elkin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Jonesville, 2.1 miles away, with 2,334 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Elkin, NC?

4,094 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 26 (0.6%) from 4,120 in July 2020.

What county is Elkin in?

It spans 2 counties: Surry County (4,021 residents), Wilkes County (73 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Elkin?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28621.

How far is Elkin from Raleigh?

127.8 miles (205.7 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Elkin.

What is the nearest larger city to Elkin?

North Wilkesboro, NC, with 4,412 residents, 17.4 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.

  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)

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