North Carolina · Census place 3739280
Long View, North Carolina
Long View is a town in 2 counties of North Carolina with an estimated 5,289 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 139th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,289
- #139 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +3.8%
- +194 people
- Land area
- 4.0 sq mi
- Density
- 1,316 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Long View population, 2020 to 2024
Long View added 194 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +64. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 84th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Long View is 36% of it.
Long View covers 4.02 square miles of land, for 1,316 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Long View is close to the typical town.
The 2 counties Long View spans
Long View crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 5,289 residents as follows; Catawba County holds 85.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Catawba County4,525
- 02Burke County764
ZIP codes in Long View
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Long View by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28601, 28602. 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 Long View is
The Census internal point of Long View is at 35.723100, -81.385500. Raleigh, the capital, is 154.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hickory, NC (45,081 people), 3.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 47.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.723100, -81.385500
- DMS
- 35°43'23.16"N 81°23'7.80"W
- UTM
- 17N 465134.7E 3953305.4N
- Geohash
- dnq5hp0yh
- Plus code
- 867WPJF7+6R
Daylight in Long View
At 35.72° N, Long View gets about 14 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Long View
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Hildebran, 2.0 miles away, with 1,680 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Long View, NC?
5,289 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 194 (3.8%) from 5,095 in July 2020.
What county is Long View in?
It spans 2 counties: Catawba County (4,525 residents), Burke County (764 residents).
What ZIP codes cover Long View?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 28601, 28602.
How far is Long View from Raleigh?
154.1 miles (247.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Long View.
What is the nearest larger city to Long View?
Hickory, NC, with 45,081 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.
- 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.