North Carolina · Census place 3758460
Rutherfordton, North Carolina
Rutherfordton is a town in Rutherford County, North Carolina with an estimated 3,718 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 190th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,718
- #190 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +1.6%
- +57 people
- Land area
- 4.2 sq mi
- Density
- 896 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Rutherfordton population, 2020 to 2024
Rutherfordton added 57 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +5.
Rutherfordton covers 4.15 square miles of land, for 896 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Rutherfordton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Rutherfordton is in
All of Rutherfordton's residents live in Rutherford County, which had 65,587 residents in 2024. Rutherfordton holds 5.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Rutherfordton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rutherfordton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28139. 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 Rutherfordton is
The Census internal point of Rutherfordton is at 35.364100, -81.961300. Raleigh, the capital, is 188.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Spindale, NC (4,168 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 64.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.364100, -81.961300
- DMS
- 35°21'50.76"N 81°57'40.68"W
- UTM
- 17N 412668.8E 3913845.6N
- Geohash
- dnm9nvvdg
- Plus code
- 867W927Q+JF
Daylight in Rutherfordton
At 35.36° N, Rutherfordton gets about 14 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Rutherfordton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Spindale, 2.2 miles away, with 4,168 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Rutherfordton, NC?
3,718 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 57 (1.6%) from 3,661 in July 2020.
What county is Rutherfordton in?
Rutherford County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Rutherfordton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28139.
How far is Rutherfordton from Raleigh?
188.9 miles (304.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Rutherfordton.
What is the nearest larger city to Rutherfordton?
Spindale, NC, with 4,168 residents, 2.2 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.