North Carolina · Census place 3736500
Lake Lure, North Carolina
Lake Lure is a town in Rutherford County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,390 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 301st largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,390
- #301 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +1.7%
- +23 people
- Land area
- 13.2 sq mi
- + 1.21 sq mi water
- Density
- 106 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Lake Lure population, 2020 to 2024
Lake Lure added 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +4.
Lake Lure covers 13.17 square miles of land and 1.21 of water, for 106 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Lake Lure is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lake Lure is in
All of Lake Lure's residents live in Rutherford County, which had 65,587 residents in 2024. Lake Lure holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lake Lure
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lake Lure by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28746. 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 Lake Lure is
The Census internal point of Lake Lure is at 35.448400, -82.202200. Raleigh, the capital, is 201.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Black Mountain, NC (8,572 people), 13.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 79.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.448400, -82.202200
- DMS
- 35°26'54.24"N 82°12'7.92"W
- UTM
- 17N 390896.4E 3923434.7N
- Geohash
- dnm99mnjv
- Plus code
- 867VCQXX+94
Daylight in Lake Lure
At 35.45° N, Lake Lure 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 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lake Lure
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Black Mountain, 13.4 miles away, with 8,572 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lake Lure, NC?
1,390 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 23 (1.7%) from 1,367 in July 2020.
What county is Lake Lure in?
Rutherford County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lake Lure?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28746.
How far is Lake Lure from Raleigh?
201.4 miles (324.2 km) in a straight line, heading E from Lake Lure.
What is the nearest larger city to Lake Lure?
Black Mountain, NC, with 8,572 residents, 13.4 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.
- 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.