Franklinton, North Carolina

Franklinton population, 2020 to 2024

Franklinton added 342 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.8%. In the latest year it moved by +89.

Franklinton covers 1.86 square miles of land, for 1,519 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Franklinton is denser than the typical town.

What county Franklinton is in

All of Franklinton's residents live in Franklin County, which had 79,771 residents in 2024. Franklinton holds 3.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Franklinton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Franklinton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27525. 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 Franklinton is

The Census internal point of Franklinton is at 36.100800, -78.453200. Raleigh, the capital, is 24.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Louisburg, NC (3,423 people), 8.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Raleigh, NC, 21.3 miles away.

Daylight in Franklinton

At 36.10° N, Franklinton gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Franklinton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Youngsville, 4.8 miles away, with 2,375 people.