North Carolina · Census place 3758440

Rutherford College, North Carolina

Rutherford College is a town in Burke County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,228 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 314th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,228; #314 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +0.7%; +8 people
Land area: 2.3 sq mi
Density: 532 / sq mi; State median 1,316

Orange pin: Rutherford College. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Rutherford College population, 2020 to 2024

Rutherford College added 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,222. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rutherford College covers 2.31 square miles of land, for 532 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Rutherford College is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rutherford College is in

All of Rutherford College's residents live in Burke County, which had 88,545 residents in 2024. Rutherford College holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rutherford College

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Rutherford College by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28612, 28671. 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 Rutherford College is

The Census internal point of Rutherford College is at 35.751700, -81.527000. Raleigh, the capital, is 161.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Connelly Springs, NC (1,545 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 54.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 35.751700, -81.527000
DMS: 35°45'6.12"N 81°31'37.20"W
UTM: 17N 452354.1E 3956537.0N
Geohash: dnq52u3ue
Plus code: 867WQF2F+M6

Daylight in Rutherford College

At 35.75° N, Rutherford College 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 Rutherford College

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Connelly Springs, 1.7 miles away, with 1,545 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rutherford College, NC?

1,228 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8 (0.7%) from 1,220 in July 2020.

What county is Rutherford College in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rutherford College?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 28612, 28671.

How far is Rutherford College from Raleigh?

161.9 miles (260.6 km) in a straight line, heading E from Rutherford College.

What is the nearest larger city to Rutherford College?

Connelly Springs, NC, with 1,545 residents, 1.7 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.