North Carolina · Census place 3755660

Red Springs, North Carolina

Red Springs is a town in Robeson County, North Carolina with an estimated 3,181 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 210th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,181
#210 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+3.1%
+96 people
Land area
3.5 sq mi
+ 0.17 sq mi water
Density
909 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Red Springs. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Red Springs population, 2020 to 2024

Red Springs added 96 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +33.

3,08520203,09420213,11820223,14820233,1812024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,092. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Red Springs covers 3.50 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 909 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Red Springs is less dense than the typical town.

What county Red Springs is in

All of Red Springs's residents live in Robeson County, which had 118,624 residents in 2024. Red Springs holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Red Springs

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Red Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28377. 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 Red Springs is

The Census internal point of Red Springs is at 34.806100, -79.181100. Raleigh, the capital, is 73.9 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Raeford, NC (4,578 people), 12.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, NC, 22.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.806100, -79.181100
DMS
34°48'21.96"N 79°10'51.96"W
UTM
17N 666378.0E 3853048.4N
Geohash
dnpwn0q04
Plus code
8762RR49+CH

Daylight in Red Springs

At 34.81° N, Red Springs gets about 14 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Red Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Pembroke, 9.0 miles away, with 2,864 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Red Springs, NC?

3,181 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 96 (3.1%) from 3,085 in July 2020.

What county is Red Springs in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Red Springs?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28377.

How far is Red Springs from Raleigh?

73.9 miles (118.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Red Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to Red Springs?

Raeford, NC, with 4,578 residents, 12.4 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.

  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)

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