North Carolina · Census place 3765580

Summerfield, North Carolina

Summerfield is a town in Guilford County, North Carolina with an estimated 11,333 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 85th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,333
#85 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+3.4%
+377 people
Land area
26.4 sq mi
+ 0.29 sq mi water
Density
429 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Summerfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Summerfield population, 2020 to 2024

Summerfield added 377 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.4%. In the latest year it moved by +115. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 92nd; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Summerfield is 78% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,951. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Summerfield covers 26.40 square miles of land and 0.29 of water, for 429 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Summerfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Summerfield is in

All of Summerfield's residents live in Guilford County, which had 558,816 residents in 2024. Summerfield holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Summerfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Summerfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27358. 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 Summerfield is

The Census internal point of Summerfield is at 36.196900, -79.897200. Raleigh, the capital, is 76.0 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greensboro, NC (307,381 people), 8.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.196900, -79.897200
DMS
36°11'48.84"N 79°53'49.92"W
UTM
17N 599146.9E 4006351.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
878254W3+Q4

Daylight in Summerfield

At 36.20° N, Summerfield 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 Summerfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Stokesdale, 5.0 miles away, with 6,111 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Summerfield, NC?

11,333 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 377 (3.4%) from 10,956 in July 2020.

What county is Summerfield in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Summerfield?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27358.

How far is Summerfield from Raleigh?

76.0 miles (122.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Summerfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Summerfield?

Greensboro, NC, with 307,381 residents, 8.1 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.