North Carolina · Census place 3755260

Ranlo, North Carolina

Ranlo is a town in Gaston County, North Carolina with an estimated 4,756 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 157th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,756; #157 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +5.2%; +236 people
Land area: 2.1 sq mi
Density: 2,309 / sq mi; State median 1,316

Orange pin: Ranlo. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Ranlo population, 2020 to 2024

Ranlo added 236 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +74.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,506. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ranlo covers 2.06 square miles of land, for 2,309 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Ranlo is denser than the typical town.

What county Ranlo is in

All of Ranlo's residents live in Gaston County, which had 242,010 residents in 2024. Ranlo holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ranlo

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ranlo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28054. 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 Ranlo is

The Census internal point of Ranlo is at 35.289900, -81.129100. Raleigh, the capital, is 144.0 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dallas, NC (6,270 people), 3.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 17.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 35.289900, -81.129100
DMS: 35°17'23.64"N 81°07'44.76"W
UTM: 17N 488261.1E 3905200.3N
Geohash: dnq2cb7dd
Plus code: 867W7VQC+X9

Daylight in Ranlo

At 35.29° N, Ranlo 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 Ranlo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Lowell, 1.7 miles away, with 3,863 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ranlo, NC?

4,756 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 236 (5.2%) from 4,520 in July 2020.

What county is Ranlo in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ranlo?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28054.

How far is Ranlo from Raleigh?

144.0 miles (231.8 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Ranlo.

What is the nearest larger city to Ranlo?

Dallas, NC, with 6,270 residents, 3.6 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.