Locust, North Carolina

Locust population, 2020 to 2024

Locust added 1,144 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +23.6%. In the latest year it moved by +126. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 9th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Locust is 41% of it.

Locust covers 8.22 square miles of land, for 729 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Locust is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Locust spans

Locust crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 5,992 residents as follows; Stanly County holds 88.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Locust

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Locust by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 28097, 28107. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Locust is

The Census internal point of Locust is at 35.268600, -80.436700. Raleigh, the capital, is 107.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Harrisburg, NC (20,335 people), 12.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Concord, NC, 14.1 miles away.

Daylight in Locust

At 35.27° N, Locust 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 Locust

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Stanfield, 2.4 miles away, with 1,709 people.