North Carolina · Census place 3757860

Rose Hill, North Carolina

Rose Hill is a town in Duplin County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,407 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 298th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,407; #298 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +3.0%; +41 people
Land area: 1.5 sq mi
Density: 970 / sq mi; State median 1,316

Orange pin: Rose Hill. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Rose Hill population, 2020 to 2024

Rose Hill added 41 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +17.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,368. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rose Hill covers 1.45 square miles of land, for 970 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Rose Hill is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rose Hill is in

All of Rose Hill's residents live in Duplin County, which had 50,539 residents in 2024. Rose Hill holds 2.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rose Hill

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rose Hill by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28458. 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 Rose Hill is

The Census internal point of Rose Hill is at 34.826000, -78.025900. Raleigh, the capital, is 74.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wallace, NC (3,531 people), 6.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 43.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.826000, -78.025900
DMS: 34°49'33.60"N 78°01'33.24"W
UTM: 17N 772007.6E 3857781.2N
Geohash: dq0w07zk0
Plus code: 8763RXGF+CJ

Daylight in Rose Hill

At 34.83° N, Rose Hill 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 Rose Hill

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Wallace, 6.4 miles away, with 3,531 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rose Hill, NC?

1,407 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 41 (3.0%) from 1,366 in July 2020.

What county is Rose Hill in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rose Hill?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28458.

How far is Rose Hill from Raleigh?

74.4 miles (119.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Rose Hill.

What is the nearest larger city to Rose Hill?

Wallace, NC, with 3,531 residents, 6.4 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.

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