North Carolina · Census place 3764460
Stanfield, North Carolina
Stanfield is a town in Stanly County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,709 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 272nd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,709
- #272 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +7.3%
- +116 people
- Land area
- 4.5 sq mi
- Density
- 382 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Stanfield population, 2020 to 2024
Stanfield added 116 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.3%. In the latest year it moved by +40.
Stanfield covers 4.47 square miles of land, for 382 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Stanfield is less dense than the typical town.
What county Stanfield is in
All of Stanfield's residents live in Stanly County, which had 67,326 residents in 2024. Stanfield holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Stanfield
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Stanfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28163. 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 Stanfield is
The Census internal point of Stanfield is at 35.233700, -80.430200. Raleigh, the capital, is 107.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Locust, NC (5,992 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Concord, NC, 15.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.233700, -80.430200
- DMS
- 35°14'1.32"N 80°25'48.72"W
- UTM
- 17N 551847.2E 3899108.7N
- Geohash
- dnqb3y0e0
- Plus code
- 867X6HM9+FW
Daylight in Stanfield
At 35.23° N, Stanfield 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 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Stanfield
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Locust, 2.4 miles away, with 5,992 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Stanfield, NC?
1,709 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 116 (7.3%) from 1,593 in July 2020.
What county is Stanfield in?
Stanly County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Stanfield?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28163.
How far is Stanfield from Raleigh?
107.6 miles (173.1 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Stanfield.
What is the nearest larger city to Stanfield?
Locust, NC, with 5,992 residents, 2.4 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.