North Carolina · Census place 3752660
Pittsboro, North Carolina
Pittsboro is a town in Chatham County, North Carolina with an estimated 4,989 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 148th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,989
- #148 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +9.1%
- +418 people
- Land area
- 8.9 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 560 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Pittsboro population, 2020 to 2024
Pittsboro added 418 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.1%. In the latest year it moved by +120.
Pittsboro covers 8.91 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 560 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Pittsboro is less dense than the typical town.
What county Pittsboro is in
All of Pittsboro's residents live in Chatham County, which had 83,874 residents in 2024. Pittsboro holds 5.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Pittsboro
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pittsboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27312. 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 Pittsboro is
The Census internal point of Pittsboro is at 35.728400, -79.155900. Raleigh, the capital, is 29.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carrboro, NC (21,079 people), 14.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cary, NC, 19.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.728400, -79.155900
- DMS
- 35°43'42.24"N 79°09'21.24"W
- UTM
- 17N 666781.6E 3955392.3N
- Geohash
- dnreqb0mj
- Plus code
- 8772PRHV+9J
Daylight in Pittsboro
At 35.73° N, Pittsboro gets about 14 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Pittsboro
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Carrboro, 14.2 miles away, with 21,079 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Pittsboro, NC?
4,989 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 418 (9.1%) from 4,571 in July 2020.
What county is Pittsboro in?
Chatham County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Pittsboro?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27312.
How far is Pittsboro from Raleigh?
29.2 miles (47.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Pittsboro.
What is the nearest larger city to Pittsboro?
Carrboro, NC, with 21,079 residents, 14.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.