North Carolina · Census place 3738100

Liberty, North Carolina

Liberty is a town in Randolph County, North Carolina with an estimated 2,715 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 226th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,715; #226 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +2.0%; +54 people
Land area: 3.2 sq mi
Density: 856 / sq mi; State median 1,316

Orange pin: Liberty. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Liberty population, 2020 to 2024

Liberty added 54 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,656. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Liberty covers 3.17 square miles of land, for 856 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Liberty is less dense than the typical town.

What county Liberty is in

All of Liberty's residents live in Randolph County, which had 148,389 residents in 2024. Liberty holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Liberty

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Liberty by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27298. 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 Liberty is

The Census internal point of Liberty is at 35.855000, -79.569300. Raleigh, the capital, is 52.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Siler City, NC (8,087 people), 10.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greensboro, NC, 21.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 35.855000, -79.569300
DMS: 35°51'18.00"N 79°34'9.48"W
UTM: 17N 629185.5E 3968810.9N
Geohash: dnr7vr5qs
Plus code: 8772VC3J+X7

Daylight in Liberty

At 35.86° N, Liberty gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Liberty

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Ramseur, 9.5 miles away, with 1,790 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Liberty, NC?

2,715 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 54 (2.0%) from 2,661 in July 2020.

What county is Liberty in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Liberty?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27298.

How far is Liberty from Raleigh?

52.4 miles (84.3 km) in a straight line, heading E from Liberty.

What is the nearest larger city to Liberty?

Siler City, NC, with 8,087 residents, 10.6 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.