Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina

Fuquay-Varina population, 2020 to 2024

Fuquay-Varina added 11,761 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +34.0%. In the latest year it moved by +2,251. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 6th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Fuquay-Varina is 3.2 times that size.

Fuquay-Varina covers 19.41 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 2,386 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Fuquay-Varina is denser than the typical town.

What county Fuquay-Varina is in

All of Fuquay-Varina's residents live in Wake County, which had 1,232,444 residents in 2024. Fuquay-Varina holds 3.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fuquay-Varina

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fuquay-Varina by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27526. 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 Fuquay-Varina is

The Census internal point of Fuquay-Varina is at 35.595100, -78.776600. Raleigh, the capital, is 14.9 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Holly Springs, NC (48,674 people), 5.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cary, NC, 13.1 miles away.

Daylight in Fuquay-Varina

At 35.60° N, Fuquay-Varina 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 Fuquay-Varina

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Holly Springs, 5.4 miles away, with 48,674 people.