North Carolina · Census place 3717860

Drexel, North Carolina

Drexel is a town in Burke County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,777 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 264th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,777; #264 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +1.4%; +25 people
Land area: 1.4 sq mi
Density: 1,288 / sq mi; State median 1,316

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

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Drexel population, 2020 to 2024

Drexel added 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,753. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Drexel covers 1.38 square miles of land, for 1,288 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Drexel is close to the typical town.

What county Drexel is in

All of Drexel's residents live in Burke County, which had 88,545 residents in 2024. Drexel holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Drexel

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Drexel by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28619, 28655. 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 Drexel is

The Census internal point of Drexel is at 35.756800, -81.608800. Raleigh, the capital, is 166.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Valdese, NC (4,713 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 57.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 35.756800, -81.608800
DMS: 35°45'24.48"N 81°36'31.68"W
UTM: 17N 444962.0E 3957145.4N
Geohash: dnmgqvq63
Plus code: 867WQ94R+PF

Daylight in Drexel

At 35.76° N, Drexel 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 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Drexel

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Valdese, 2.0 miles away, with 4,713 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Drexel, NC?

1,777 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 25 (1.4%) from 1,752 in July 2020.

What county is Drexel in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Drexel?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 28619, 28655.

How far is Drexel from Raleigh?

166.5 miles (267.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Drexel.

What is the nearest larger city to Drexel?

Valdese, NC, with 4,713 residents, 2.1 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.