North Carolina · Census place 3771900
Wentworth, North Carolina
Wentworth is a town in Rockingham County, North Carolina with an estimated 2,748 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 224th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,748
- #224 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +3.3%
- +88 people
- Land area
- 14.2 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 194 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Wentworth population, 2020 to 2024
Wentworth added 88 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +31.
Wentworth covers 14.19 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 194 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Wentworth is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wentworth is in
All of Wentworth's residents live in Rockingham County, which had 93,517 residents in 2024. Wentworth holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wentworth
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wentworth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27320. 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 Wentworth is
The Census internal point of Wentworth is at 36.401200, -79.756900. Raleigh, the capital, is 75.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Reidsville, NC (14,646 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greensboro, NC, 21.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.401200, -79.756900
- DMS
- 36°24'4.32"N 79°45'24.84"W
- UTM
- 17N 611470.0E 4029166.6N
- Geohash
- dnrr14du3
- Plus code
- 8782C62V+F6
Daylight in Wentworth
At 36.40° N, Wentworth gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wentworth
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Reidsville, 6.2 miles away, with 14,646 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wentworth, NC?
2,748 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 88 (3.3%) from 2,660 in July 2020.
What county is Wentworth in?
Rockingham County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wentworth?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27320.
How far is Wentworth from Raleigh?
75.7 miles (121.9 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Wentworth.
What is the nearest larger city to Wentworth?
Reidsville, NC, with 14,646 residents, 6.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.