North Carolina · Census place 3770720

Wallace, North Carolina

Wallace is a town in Duplin County, North Carolina with an estimated 3,531 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 198th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,531
#198 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+3.5%
+119 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
Density
1,107 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Wallace. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Wallace population, 2020 to 2024

Wallace added 119 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +41.

3,41220203,41520213,44720223,49020233,5312024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,416. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wallace covers 3.19 square miles of land, for 1,107 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Wallace is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wallace is in

All of Wallace's residents live in Duplin County, which had 50,539 residents in 2024. Wallace holds 7.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wallace

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wallace by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28466. 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 Wallace is

The Census internal point of Wallace is at 34.737900, -77.990600. Raleigh, the capital, is 80.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Burgaw, NC (3,825 people), 13.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 37.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
34.737900, -77.990600
DMS
34°44'16.44"N 77°59'26.16"W
UTM
18N 226191.5E 3848051.9N
Geohash
dq0t97bfz
Plus code
8764P2Q5+5Q

Daylight in Wallace

At 34.74° N, Wallace gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wallace

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Rose Hill, 6.4 miles away, with 1,407 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wallace, NC?

3,531 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 119 (3.5%) from 3,412 in July 2020.

What county is Wallace in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wallace?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28466.

How far is Wallace from Raleigh?

80.8 miles (130.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Wallace.

What is the nearest larger city to Wallace?

Burgaw, NC, with 3,825 residents, 13.4 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.