North Carolina · Census place 3764940

Stem, North Carolina

Stem is a town in Granville County, North Carolina with an estimated 1,018 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 335th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,018; #335 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +2.4%; +24 people
Land area: 1.2 sq mi
Density: 821 / sq mi; State median 1,316

Orange pin: Stem. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Stem population, 2020 to 2024

Stem added 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 993. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Stem covers 1.24 square miles of land, for 821 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Stem is less dense than the typical town.

What county Stem is in

All of Stem's residents live in Granville County, which had 61,544 residents in 2024. Stem holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Stem

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Stem by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27581. 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 Stem is

The Census internal point of Stem is at 36.195700, -78.722200. Raleigh, the capital, is 29.1 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Butner, NC (8,134 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Durham, NC, 18.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 36.195700, -78.722200
DMS: 36°11'44.52"N 78°43'19.92"W
UTM: 17N 704800.7E 4008059.6N
Geohash: dq2jbthpp
Plus code: 878357WH+74

Daylight in Stem

At 36.20° N, Stem gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Stem

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Butner, 4.4 miles away, with 8,134 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Stem, NC?

1,018 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 24 (2.4%) from 994 in July 2020.

What county is Stem in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Stem?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27581.

How far is Stem from Raleigh?

29.1 miles (46.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Stem.

What is the nearest larger city to Stem?

Butner, NC, with 8,134 residents, 4.3 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.