North Carolina · Census place 3736400
La Grange, North Carolina
La Grange is a town in Lenoir County, North Carolina with an estimated 2,922 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 218th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,922
- #218 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +13.0%
- +337 people
- Land area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,270 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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La Grange population, 2020 to 2024
La Grange added 337 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.0%. In the latest year it moved by +53.
La Grange covers 2.30 square miles of land, for 1,270 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so La Grange is close to the typical town.
What county La Grange is in
All of La Grange's residents live in Lenoir County, which had 55,332 residents in 2024. La Grange holds 5.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in La Grange
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps La Grange by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28551. 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 La Grange is
The Census internal point of La Grange is at 35.306500, -77.789900. Raleigh, the capital, is 57.9 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kinston, NC (19,519 people), 11.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Raleigh, NC, 60.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.306500, -77.789900
- DMS
- 35°18'23.40"N 77°47'23.64"W
- UTM
- 18N 246336.4E 3910604.6N
- Geohash
- dq28vg757
- Plus code
- 87748646+J2
Daylight in La Grange
At 35.31° N, La Grange 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 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near La Grange
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Walnut Creek, 4.8 miles away, with 1,103 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of La Grange, NC?
2,922 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 337 (13.0%) from 2,585 in July 2020.
What county is La Grange in?
Lenoir County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover La Grange?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28551.
How far is La Grange from Raleigh?
57.9 miles (93.1 km) in a straight line, heading NW from La Grange.
What is the nearest larger city to La Grange?
Kinston, NC, with 19,519 residents, 11.3 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.
- 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.