North Carolina · Census place 3724640

Franklin, North Carolina

Franklin is a town in Macon County, North Carolina with an estimated 4,362 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 173rd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,362; #173 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +4.3%; +181 people
Land area: 4.9 sq mi; + 0.09 sq mi water
Density: 883 / sq mi; State median 1,316

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

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Franklin population, 2020 to 2024

Franklin added 181 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.3%. In the latest year it moved by +28.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,173. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Franklin covers 4.94 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 883 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Franklin is less dense than the typical town.

What county Franklin is in

All of Franklin's residents live in Macon County, which had 38,717 residents in 2024. Franklin holds 11.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Franklin

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Franklin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28734. 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 Franklin is

The Census internal point of Franklin is at 35.179400, -83.380700. Raleigh, the capital, is 270.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waynesville, NC (10,709 people), 30.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 63.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 35.179400, -83.380700
DMS: 35°10'45.84"N 83°22'50.52"W
UTM: 17N 283211.3E 3895533.9N
Geohash: dnk8nshnb
Plus code: 867R5JH9+QP

Daylight in Franklin

At 35.18° N, Franklin gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Franklin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Highlands, 13.5 miles away, with 1,119 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Franklin, NC?

4,362 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 181 (4.3%) from 4,181 in July 2020.

What county is Franklin in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Franklin?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28734.

How far is Franklin from Raleigh?

270.0 miles (434.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Franklin.

What is the nearest larger city to Franklin?

Waynesville, NC, with 10,709 residents, 30.2 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.