Mebane, North Carolina

Mebane population, 2020 to 2024

Mebane added 2,416 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.2%. In the latest year it moved by +359. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 20th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Mebane is 1.4 times that size.

Mebane covers 12.23 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 1,689 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Mebane is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Mebane spans

Mebane crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 20,654 residents as follows; Alamance County holds 78.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mebane

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mebane by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 27302. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Mebane is

The Census internal point of Mebane is at 36.081700, -79.276700. Raleigh, the capital, is 41.3 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Burlington, NC (61,365 people), 10.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Durham, NC, 22.3 miles away.

Daylight in Mebane

At 36.08° N, Mebane 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 Mebane

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Haw River, 4.6 miles away, with 2,391 people.