North Carolina · Census place 3755900

Reidsville, North Carolina

Reidsville is a city in Rockingham County, North Carolina with an estimated 14,646 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 73rd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,646
#73 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+53 people
Land area
14.8 sq mi
+ 1.44 sq mi water
Density
989 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Reidsville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Reidsville population, 2020 to 2024

Reidsville added 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +48. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 126th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Reidsville is 1.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 14,588. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Reidsville covers 14.81 square miles of land and 1.44 of water, for 989 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Reidsville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Reidsville is in

All of Reidsville's residents live in Rockingham County, which had 93,517 residents in 2024. Reidsville holds 15.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Reidsville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Reidsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 27320. 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 Reidsville is

The Census internal point of Reidsville is at 36.341300, -79.673800. Raleigh, the capital, is 69.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eden, NC (15,399 people), 11.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greensboro, NC, 19.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.341300, -79.673800
DMS
36°20'28.68"N 79°40'25.68"W
UTM
17N 619013.3E 4022621.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
878288RG+GF

Daylight in Reidsville

At 36.34° N, Reidsville gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Reidsville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Wentworth, 6.2 miles away, with 2,748 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Reidsville, NC?

14,646 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 53 (0.4%) from 14,593 in July 2020.

What county is Reidsville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Reidsville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27320.

How far is Reidsville from Raleigh?

69.6 miles (112.0 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Reidsville.

What is the nearest larger city to Reidsville?

Eden, NC, with 15,399 residents, 11.7 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.