North Carolina · Census place 3741720

Marvin, North Carolina

Marvin is a village in Union County, North Carolina with an estimated 6,985 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 122nd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,985
#122 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+8.9%
+570 people
Land area
6.0 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
1,162 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Marvin. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Marvin population, 2020 to 2024

Marvin added 570 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.9%. In the latest year it moved by +133. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 37th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Marvin is 48% of it.

6,41520206,54020216,65920226,85220236,9852024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,380. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Marvin covers 6.01 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,162 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Marvin is less dense than the typical town.

What county Marvin is in

All of Marvin's residents live in Union County, which had 263,386 residents in 2024. Marvin holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Marvin

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Marvin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 28173. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Marvin is

The Census internal point of Marvin is at 34.999600, -80.816700. Raleigh, the capital, is 134.0 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Weddington, NC (14,391 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 14.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.999600, -80.816700
DMS
34°59'58.56"N 80°49'0.12"W
UTM
17N 516726.5E 3873014.1N
Geohash
dnnx0grp6
Plus code
866XX5XM+R8

Daylight in Marvin

At 35.00° N, Marvin gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Marvin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Weddington, 4.9 miles away, with 14,391 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Marvin, NC?

6,985 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 570 (8.9%) from 6,415 in July 2020.

What county is Marvin in?

Union County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Marvin?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28173.

How far is Marvin from Raleigh?

134.0 miles (215.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Marvin.

What is the nearest larger city to Marvin?

Weddington, NC, with 14,391 residents, 4.8 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.