St. James, North Carolina

St. James population, 2020 to 2024

St. James added 766 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.7%. In the latest year it moved by -72. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 25th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so St. James is 50% of it.

St. James covers 9.11 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 803 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so St. James is less dense than the typical town.

What county St. James is in

All of St. James's residents live in Brunswick County, which had 167,112 residents in 2024. St. James holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in St. James

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps St. James by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28461. 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 St. James is

The Census internal point of St. James is at 33.944400, -78.100300. Raleigh, the capital, is 130.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oak Island, NC (9,322 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 22.1 miles away.

Daylight in St. James

At 33.94° N, St. James gets about 14 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near St. James

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Oak Island, 2.4 miles away, with 9,322 people.