Southern Pines, North Carolina

Southern Pines population, 2020 to 2024

Southern Pines added 1,301 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.3%. In the latest year it moved by +209. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 48th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Southern Pines is 1.2 times that size.

Southern Pines covers 18.36 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 925 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Southern Pines is less dense than the typical town.

What county Southern Pines is in

All of Southern Pines's residents live in Moore County, which had 108,417 residents in 2024. Southern Pines 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 Southern Pines

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Southern Pines by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28374, 28387. 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 Southern Pines is

The Census internal point of Southern Pines is at 35.195000, -79.402100. Raleigh, the capital, is 59.0 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pinehurst, NC (18,502 people), 3.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fayetteville, NC, 25.4 miles away.

Daylight in Southern Pines

At 35.20° N, Southern Pines gets about 14 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Southern Pines

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Pinehurst, 3.8 miles away, with 18,502 people.