North Carolina · Census place 3708960

Burgaw, North Carolina

Burgaw is a town in Pender County, North Carolina with an estimated 3,825 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 186th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,825; #186 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +2.3%; +87 people
Land area: 4.7 sq mi
Density: 807 / sq mi; State median 1,316

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

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Burgaw population, 2020 to 2024

Burgaw added 87 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +11.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,749. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Burgaw covers 4.74 square miles of land, for 807 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Burgaw is less dense than the typical town.

What county Burgaw is in

All of Burgaw's residents live in Pender County, which had 70,077 residents in 2024. Burgaw holds 5.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Burgaw

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Burgaw by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28425. 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 Burgaw is

The Census internal point of Burgaw is at 34.551500, -77.923000. Raleigh, the capital, is 94.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Holly Ridge, NC (5,766 people), 20.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 23.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.551500, -77.923000
DMS: 34°33'5.40"N 77°55'22.80"W
UTM: 18N 231782.4E 3827190.2N
Geohash: dq0sdcfjn
Plus code: 8764H32G+JR

Daylight in Burgaw

At 34.55° N, Burgaw gets about 14 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Burgaw

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Wallace, 13.4 miles away, with 3,531 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Burgaw, NC?

3,825 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 87 (2.3%) from 3,738 in July 2020.

What county is Burgaw in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Burgaw?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28425.

How far is Burgaw from Raleigh?

94.0 miles (151.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Burgaw.

What is the nearest larger city to Burgaw?

Holly Ridge, NC, with 5,766 residents, 20.9 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.

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