North Carolina · Census place 3768520

Troy, North Carolina

Troy is a town in Montgomery County, North Carolina with an estimated 2,978 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 216th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,978
#216 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+4.3%
+123 people
Land area
3.7 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
814 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Troy. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Troy population, 2020 to 2024

Troy added 123 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.3%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,858. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Troy covers 3.66 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 814 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Troy is less dense than the typical town.

What county Troy is in

All of Troy's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 26,364 residents in 2024. Troy holds 11.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Troy

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Troy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27371. 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 Troy is

The Census internal point of Troy is at 35.364600, -79.891900. Raleigh, the capital, is 76.0 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Albemarle, NC (17,344 people), 16.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Concord, NC, 41.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.364600, -79.891900
DMS
35°21'52.56"N 79°53'30.84"W
UTM
17N 600667.5E 3914040.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
87729475+R6

Daylight in Troy

At 35.36° N, Troy 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 Troy

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Biscoe, 6.3 miles away, with 1,895 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Troy, NC?

2,978 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 123 (4.3%) from 2,855 in July 2020.

What county is Troy in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Troy?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27371.

How far is Troy from Raleigh?

76.0 miles (122.4 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Troy.

What is the nearest larger city to Troy?

Albemarle, NC, with 17,344 residents, 16.9 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.