North Carolina · Census place 3705460

Bethel, North Carolina

Bethel is a town in Pitt County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,407 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 297th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,407; #297 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +2.3%; +31 people
Land area: 1.1 sq mi
Density: 1,340 / sq mi; State median 1,316

Orange pin: Bethel. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Bethel population, 2020 to 2024

Bethel added 31 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,375. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bethel covers 1.05 square miles of land, for 1,340 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Bethel is close to the typical town.

What county Bethel is in

All of Bethel's residents live in Pitt County, which had 180,783 residents in 2024. Bethel holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bethel

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bethel by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27812. 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 Bethel is

The Census internal point of Bethel is at 35.807200, -77.376200. Raleigh, the capital, is 70.8 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tarboro, NC (10,954 people), 12.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Raleigh, NC, 70.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 35.807200, -77.376200
DMS: 35°48'25.92"N 77°22'34.32"W
UTM: 18N 285299.1E 3965170.1N
Geohash: dq2gxq825
Plus code: 8774RJ4F+VG

Daylight in Bethel

At 35.81° N, Bethel gets about 14 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bethel

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Robersonville, 7.0 miles away, with 1,229 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bethel, NC?

1,407 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 31 (2.3%) from 1,376 in July 2020.

What county is Bethel in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bethel?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27812.

How far is Bethel from Raleigh?

70.8 miles (113.9 km) in a straight line, heading W from Bethel.

What is the nearest larger city to Bethel?

Tarboro, NC, with 10,954 residents, 12.2 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.