Williamston, North Carolina

Williamston population, 2020 to 2024

Williamston lost 158 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -2. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 144th; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Williamston is 35% of it.

Williamston covers 4.51 square miles of land, for 1,123 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Williamston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Williamston is in

All of Williamston's residents live in Martin County, which had 21,523 residents in 2024. Williamston holds 23.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Williamston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Williamston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27892. 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 Williamston is

The Census internal point of Williamston is at 35.846500, -77.066100. Raleigh, the capital, is 88.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Washington, NC (9,738 people), 19.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Suffolk, VA, 63.5 miles away.

Daylight in Williamston

At 35.85° N, Williamston gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 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 Williamston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Robersonville, 10.6 miles away, with 1,229 people.