North Carolina · Census place 3770780
Walnut Cove, North Carolina
Walnut Cove is a town in Stokes County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,603 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 281st largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,603
- #281 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +1.1%
- +18 people
- Land area
- 2.5 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 634 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Walnut Cove population, 2020 to 2024
Walnut Cove added 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +5.
Walnut Cove covers 2.53 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 634 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Walnut Cove is less dense than the typical town.
What county Walnut Cove is in
All of Walnut Cove's residents live in Stokes County, which had 45,857 residents in 2024. Walnut Cove holds 3.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Walnut Cove
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Walnut Cove by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27052. 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 Walnut Cove is
The Census internal point of Walnut Cove is at 36.293500, -80.140900. Raleigh, the capital, is 91.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rural Hall, NC (3,562 people), 9.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 14.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.293500, -80.140900
- DMS
- 36°17'36.60"N 80°08'27.24"W
- UTM
- 17N 577141.6E 4016845.0N
- Geohash
- dnrn2r50v
- Plus code
- 868X7VV5+CJ
Daylight in Walnut Cove
At 36.29° N, Walnut Cove gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Walnut Cove
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Rural Hall, 9.9 miles away, with 3,562 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Walnut Cove, NC?
1,603 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 18 (1.1%) from 1,585 in July 2020.
What county is Walnut Cove in?
Stokes County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Walnut Cove?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27052.
How far is Walnut Cove from Raleigh?
91.1 miles (146.6 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Walnut Cove.
What is the nearest larger city to Walnut Cove?
Rural Hall, NC, with 3,562 residents, 9.9 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.
- 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.