North Carolina · Census place 3736512

Lake Park, North Carolina

Lake Park is a village in Union County, North Carolina with an estimated 3,582 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 196th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,582; #196 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +8.4%; +279 people
Land area: 0.7 sq mi; + 0.03 sq mi water
Density: 4,841 / sq mi; State median 1,316

Orange pin: Lake Park. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Lake Park population, 2020 to 2024

Lake Park added 279 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.4%. In the latest year it moved by +66.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,285. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lake Park covers 0.74 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 4,841 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Lake Park is denser than the typical town.

What county Lake Park is in

All of Lake Park's residents live in Union County, which had 263,386 residents in 2024. Lake Park holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lake Park

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lake Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 28079. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lake Park is

The Census internal point of Lake Park is at 35.084500, -80.634400. Raleigh, the capital, is 122.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Indian Trail, NC (43,867 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 14.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 35.084500, -80.634400
DMS: 35°05'4.20"N 80°38'3.84"W
UTM: 17N 533327.3E 3882475.0N
Geohash: dnnxt4gy4
Plus code: 867X39M8+Q6

Daylight in Lake Park

At 35.08° N, Lake Park gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lake Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Indian Trail, 1.5 miles away, with 43,867 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lake Park, NC?

3,582 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 279 (8.4%) from 3,303 in July 2020.

What county is Lake Park in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lake Park?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28079.

How far is Lake Park from Raleigh?

122.2 miles (196.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Lake Park.

What is the nearest larger city to Lake Park?

Indian Trail, NC, with 43,867 residents, 1.4 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.

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