North Carolina · Census place 3724900

Fremont, North Carolina

Fremont is a town in Wayne County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,207 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 318th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,207
#318 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+1.3%
+15 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
887 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Fremont. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Fremont population, 2020 to 2024

Fremont added 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,192. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fremont covers 1.36 square miles of land, for 887 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Fremont is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fremont is in

All of Fremont's residents live in Wayne County, which had 120,338 residents in 2024. Fremont holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fremont

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fremont by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27830. 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 Fremont is

The Census internal point of Fremont is at 35.543700, -77.975100. Raleigh, the capital, is 40.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kenly, NC (1,687 people), 9.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Raleigh, NC, 42.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.543700, -77.975100
DMS
35°32'37.32"N 77°58'30.36"W
UTM
18N 230285.6E 3937412.9N
Geohash
dq2d1ws30
Plus code
8774G2VF+FX

Daylight in Fremont

At 35.54° N, Fremont gets about 14 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fremont

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Lucama, 7.2 miles away, with 1,060 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fremont, NC?

1,207 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 15 (1.3%) from 1,192 in July 2020.

What county is Fremont in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Fremont?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27830.

How far is Fremont from Raleigh?

40.7 miles (65.5 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Fremont.

What is the nearest larger city to Fremont?

Kenly, NC, with 1,687 residents, 9.4 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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