North Carolina · Census place 3753140
Polkton, North Carolina
Polkton is a town in Anson County, North Carolina with an estimated 2,698 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 229th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,698
- #229 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +20.1%
- +451 people
- Land area
- 3.1 sq mi
- Density
- 885 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Polkton population, 2020 to 2024
Polkton added 451 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +20.1%. In the latest year it moved by +2.
Polkton covers 3.05 square miles of land, for 885 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Polkton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Polkton is in
All of Polkton's residents live in Anson County, which had 22,432 residents in 2024. Polkton holds 12.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Polkton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Polkton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28135. 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 Polkton is
The Census internal point of Polkton is at 35.003000, -80.196300. Raleigh, the capital, is 102.8 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wadesboro, NC (4,965 people), 7.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Concord, NC, 36.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.003000, -80.196300
- DMS
- 35°00'10.80"N 80°11'46.68"W
- UTM
- 17N 573337.1E 3873670.8N
- Geohash
- dnnzph4g6
- Plus code
- 867X2R33+6F
Daylight in Polkton
At 35.00° N, Polkton 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 Polkton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Wadesboro, 7.4 miles away, with 4,965 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Polkton, NC?
2,698 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 451 (20.1%) from 2,247 in July 2020.
What county is Polkton in?
Anson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Polkton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28135.
How far is Polkton from Raleigh?
102.8 miles (165.5 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Polkton.
What is the nearest larger city to Polkton?
Wadesboro, NC, with 4,965 residents, 7.4 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.