North Carolina · Census place 3764420

Stallings, North Carolina

Stallings is a town in 2 counties of North Carolina with an estimated 17,617 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 62nd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,617
#62 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+8.7%
+1,410 people
Land area
8.5 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
2,085 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Stallings. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Stallings population, 2020 to 2024

Stallings added 1,410 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.7%. In the latest year it moved by +334. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 42nd; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Stallings is 1.2 times that size.

16.2k202016.5k202116.8k202217.3k202317.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,122. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Stallings covers 8.45 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 2,085 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Stallings is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Stallings spans

Stallings crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 17,617 residents as follows; Union County holds 97.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Union County17,149
  2. 02Mecklenburg County468
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Stallings

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Stallings by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28104. 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 Stallings is

The Census internal point of Stallings is at 35.110300, -80.660100. Raleigh, the capital, is 122.8 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Matthews, NC (32,048 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 11.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.110300, -80.660100
DMS
35°06'37.08"N 80°39'36.36"W
UTM
17N 530974.8E 3885327.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
867X486Q+4X

Daylight in Stallings

At 35.11° N, Stallings 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 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Stallings

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Hemby Bridge, 2.0 miles away, with 1,750 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Stallings, NC?

17,617 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,410 (8.7%) from 16,207 in July 2020.

What county is Stallings in?

It spans 2 counties: Union County (17,149 residents), Mecklenburg County (468 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Stallings?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28104.

How far is Stallings from Raleigh?

122.8 miles (197.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Stallings.

What is the nearest larger city to Stallings?

Matthews, NC, with 32,048 residents, 2.9 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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