The Town of Elon is located in Alamance County in the Piedmont Triad Region of North Carolina. The Town is 5 minutes from Burlington, 30 minutes from Greensboro, and 45 minutes from Raleigh. Elon has easy access to I-40/85 and is within 20 minutes of the Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport and within 45 minutes of Piedmont Triad International Airport. The Town of Elon is home to Elon University, a nationally ranked four-year institution.
Town of Elon Community Profile
General Information
Area: 6 Square Miles – 4 miles in town and 2 miles in the ETJ
Tax Rate: $0.45 per $100 of valuation
Demographics
Population*: 11,359
Median Household Income**: $65,313
| Population Diversity*** | |
| White | 9,938 |
| Black or African American | 826 |
| American Indian or Alaskan Native | 4 |
| Asian | 353 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0 |
| Some Other Race | 173 |
| Two or More Races | 222 |
*Based on the NC State Demographer’s July 1, 2020 Certified Population
**Based on the 2019 estimates from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey
*** Information from the ACS 2019 estimates. ACS estimates our population in 2019 at 11,526.