North Carolina · Census place 3768400

Trinity, North Carolina

Trinity is a city in Randolph County, North Carolina with an estimated 7,190 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 121st largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,190
#121 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+2.2%
+155 people
Land area
16.9 sq mi
+ 0.17 sq mi water
Density
426 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Trinity. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Trinity population, 2020 to 2024

Trinity added 155 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +23. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 109th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Trinity is 49% of it.

7,03520207,07220217,10620227,16720237,1902024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,022. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Trinity covers 16.89 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 426 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Trinity is less dense than the typical town.

What county Trinity is in

All of Trinity's residents live in Randolph County, which had 148,389 residents in 2024. Trinity holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Trinity

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Trinity by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 27263, 27370. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Trinity is

The Census internal point of Trinity is at 35.876800, -80.010400. Raleigh, the capital, is 77.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Archdale, NC (12,147 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is High Point, NC, 8.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
35.876800, -80.010400
DMS
35°52'36.48"N 80°00'37.44"W
UTM
17N 589330.2E 3970736.0N
Geohash
dnrh574jw
Plus code
867XVXGQ+PR

Daylight in Trinity

At 35.88° N, Trinity gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Trinity

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Archdale, 3.4 miles away, with 12,147 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Trinity, NC?

7,190 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 155 (2.2%) from 7,035 in July 2020.

What county is Trinity in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Trinity?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 27263, 27370.

How far is Trinity from Raleigh?

77.1 miles (124.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Trinity.

What is the nearest larger city to Trinity?

Archdale, NC, with 12,147 residents, 3.4 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.