North Carolina · Census place 3725980

Gibsonville, North Carolina

Gibsonville is a town in 2 counties of North Carolina with an estimated 9,744 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 94th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,744
#94 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+6.6%
+599 people
Land area
4.4 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
2,215 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Gibsonville. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Gibsonville population, 2020 to 2024

Gibsonville added 599 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.6%. In the latest year it moved by +195. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 59th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Gibsonville is 67% of it.

9,14520209,40720219,53620229,54920239,7442024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,943. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Gibsonville covers 4.40 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 2,215 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Gibsonville is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Gibsonville spans

Gibsonville crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 9,744 residents as follows; Guilford County holds 52.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Guilford County5,153
  2. 02Alamance County4,591
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Gibsonville

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Gibsonville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27249, 27377. 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 Gibsonville is

The Census internal point of Gibsonville is at 36.102200, -79.543000. Raleigh, the capital, is 55.3 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elon, NC (11,282 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greensboro, NC, 15.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.102200, -79.543000
DMS
36°06'7.92"N 79°32'34.80"W
UTM
17N 631150.7E 3996266.7N
Geohash
dnrmmunw9
Plus code
87824F24+VR

Daylight in Gibsonville

At 36.10° N, Gibsonville 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 Gibsonville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Elon, 1.9 miles away, with 11,282 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gibsonville, NC?

9,744 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 599 (6.6%) from 9,145 in July 2020.

What county is Gibsonville in?

It spans 2 counties: Guilford County (5,153 residents), Alamance County (4,591 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Gibsonville?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 27249, 27377.

How far is Gibsonville from Raleigh?

55.3 miles (88.9 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Gibsonville.

What is the nearest larger city to Gibsonville?

Elon, NC, with 11,282 residents, 1.9 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)

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