North Carolina · Census place 3766460

Swepsonville, North Carolina

Swepsonville is a town in Alamance County, North Carolina with an estimated 2,582 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 232nd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,582
#232 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+5.3%
+131 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
1,793 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Swepsonville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Swepsonville population, 2020 to 2024

Swepsonville added 131 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.3%. In the latest year it moved by +34.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,452. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Swepsonville covers 1.44 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,793 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Swepsonville is denser than the typical town.

What county Swepsonville is in

All of Swepsonville's residents live in Alamance County, which had 183,040 residents in 2024. Swepsonville holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Swepsonville

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Swepsonville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27253, 27258. 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 Swepsonville is

The Census internal point of Swepsonville is at 36.028800, -79.356100. Raleigh, the capital, is 43.7 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Graham, NC (19,311 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Durham, NC, 25.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.028800, -79.356100
DMS
36°01'43.68"N 79°21'21.96"W
UTM
17N 648113.2E 3988392.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
87822JHV+GH

Daylight in Swepsonville

At 36.03° N, Swepsonville gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Swepsonville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Graham, 2.7 miles away, with 19,311 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Swepsonville, NC?

2,582 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 131 (5.3%) from 2,451 in July 2020.

What county is Swepsonville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Swepsonville?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 27253, 27258.

How far is Swepsonville from Raleigh?

43.7 miles (70.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Swepsonville.

What is the nearest larger city to Swepsonville?

Graham, NC, with 19,311 residents, 2.7 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.