North Carolina · Census place 3723600

Flat Rock, North Carolina

Flat Rock is a village in Henderson County, North Carolina with an estimated 3,602 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 195th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,602; #195 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +3.4%; +117 people
Land area: 8.1 sq mi; + 0.13 sq mi water
Density: 445 / sq mi; State median 1,316

Orange pin: Flat Rock. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Flat Rock population, 2020 to 2024

Flat Rock added 117 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.4%. In the latest year it moved by +34.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,478. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Flat Rock covers 8.10 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 445 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Flat Rock is less dense than the typical town.

What county Flat Rock is in

All of Flat Rock's residents live in Henderson County, which had 120,771 residents in 2024. Flat Rock holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Flat Rock

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Flat Rock by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 28731, 28739. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Flat Rock is

The Census internal point of Flat Rock is at 35.266800, -82.451600. Raleigh, the capital, is 217.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hendersonville, NC (15,656 people), 3.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 91.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 35.266800, -82.451600
DMS: 35°16'0.48"N 82°27'5.76"W
UTM: 17N 367965.7E 3903596.7N
Geohash: dnm2eu0s4
Plus code: 867V7G8X+P9

Daylight in Flat Rock

At 35.27° N, Flat Rock 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 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Flat Rock

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Hendersonville, 3.9 miles away, with 15,656 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Flat Rock, NC?

3,602 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 117 (3.4%) from 3,485 in July 2020.

What county is Flat Rock in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Flat Rock?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 28731, 28739.

How far is Flat Rock from Raleigh?

217.3 miles (349.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Flat Rock.

What is the nearest larger city to Flat Rock?

Hendersonville, NC, with 15,656 residents, 3.9 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.

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