North Carolina · Census place 3766960
Taylorsville, North Carolina
Taylorsville is a town in Alexander County, North Carolina with an estimated 2,294 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 245th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,294
- #245 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- -1.0%
- -23 people
- Land area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Density
- 956 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Taylorsville population, 2020 to 2024
Taylorsville lost 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +11.
Taylorsville covers 2.40 square miles of land, for 956 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Taylorsville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Taylorsville is in
All of Taylorsville's residents live in Alexander County, which had 36,693 residents in 2024. Taylorsville holds 6.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Taylorsville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Taylorsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28681. 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 Taylorsville is
The Census internal point of Taylorsville is at 35.916800, -81.176000. Raleigh, the capital, is 142.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Conover, NC (8,760 people), 14.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Concord, NC, 47.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.916800, -81.176000
- DMS
- 35°55'0.48"N 81°10'33.60"W
- UTM
- 17N 484120.9E 3974734.7N
- Geohash
- dnqk2f3qw
- Plus code
- 867WWR8F+PJ
Daylight in Taylorsville
At 35.92° N, Taylorsville gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Taylorsville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Conover, 14.1 miles away, with 8,760 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Taylorsville, NC?
2,294 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 23 (1.0%) from 2,317 in July 2020.
What county is Taylorsville in?
Alexander County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Taylorsville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28681.
How far is Taylorsville from Raleigh?
142.4 miles (229.2 km) in a straight line, heading E from Taylorsville.
What is the nearest larger city to Taylorsville?
Conover, NC, with 8,760 residents, 14.1 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.