North Carolina · Census place 3728200

Grifton, North Carolina

Grifton is a town in 2 counties of North Carolina with an estimated 2,514 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 234th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,514
#234 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+2.8%
+69 people
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
938 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Grifton. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Grifton population, 2020 to 2024

Grifton added 69 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +13.

2,44520202,47220212,48420222,50120232,5142024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,442. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Grifton covers 2.68 square miles of land, for 938 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Grifton is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Grifton spans

Grifton crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,514 residents as follows; Pitt County holds 94.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Pitt County2,362
  2. 02Lenoir County152
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Grifton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Grifton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28530. 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 Grifton is

The Census internal point of Grifton is at 35.380000, -77.442500. Raleigh, the capital, is 72.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ayden, NC (5,190 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Raleigh, NC, 74.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.380000, -77.442500
DMS
35°22'48.00"N 77°26'33.00"W
UTM
18N 278130.8E 3917924.1N
Geohash
dq2cmb8p6
Plus code
87749HJ5+22

Daylight in Grifton

At 35.38° N, Grifton gets about 14 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Grifton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Ayden, 6.3 miles away, with 5,190 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Grifton, NC?

2,514 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 69 (2.8%) from 2,445 in July 2020.

What county is Grifton in?

It spans 2 counties: Pitt County (2,362 residents), Lenoir County (152 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Grifton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28530.

How far is Grifton from Raleigh?

72.7 miles (117.0 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Grifton.

What is the nearest larger city to Grifton?

Ayden, NC, with 5,190 residents, 6.3 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.