North Carolina · Census place 3744900
Mount Gilead, North Carolina
Mount Gilead is a town in Montgomery County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,185 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 321st largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,185
- #321 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +1.2%
- +14 people
- Land area
- 3.5 sq mi
- Density
- 340 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Mount Gilead population, 2020 to 2024
Mount Gilead added 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +2.
Mount Gilead covers 3.49 square miles of land, for 340 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Mount Gilead is less dense than the typical town.
What county Mount Gilead is in
All of Mount Gilead's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 26,364 residents in 2024. Mount Gilead holds 4.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Mount Gilead
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mount Gilead by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27306. 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 Mount Gilead is
The Census internal point of Mount Gilead is at 35.216400, -80.005000. Raleigh, the capital, is 86.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Norwood, NC (2,520 people), 6.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Concord, NC, 37.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.216400, -80.005000
- DMS
- 35°12'59.04"N 80°00'18.00"W
- UTM
- 17N 590557.2E 3897494.9N
- Geohash
- dnr076ynk
- Plus code
- 867X6X8W+H2
Daylight in Mount Gilead
At 35.22° N, Mount Gilead 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 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Mount Gilead
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Norwood, 6.1 miles away, with 2,520 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mount Gilead, NC?
1,185 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 14 (1.2%) from 1,171 in July 2020.
What county is Mount Gilead in?
Montgomery County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Mount Gilead?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27306.
How far is Mount Gilead from Raleigh?
86.1 miles (138.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Mount Gilead.
What is the nearest larger city to Mount Gilead?
Norwood, NC, with 2,520 residents, 6.1 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.