North Carolina · Census place 3774760

Wingate, North Carolina

Wingate is a town in Union County, North Carolina with an estimated 4,517 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 167th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,517; #167 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +4.9%; +209 people
Land area: 2.6 sq mi; + 0.02 sq mi water
Density: 1,724 / sq mi; State median 1,316

Orange pin: Wingate. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Wingate population, 2020 to 2024

Wingate added 209 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.9%. In the latest year it moved by +49.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,097. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wingate covers 2.62 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,724 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Wingate is denser than the typical town.

What county Wingate is in

All of Wingate's residents live in Union County, which had 263,386 residents in 2024. Wingate holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wingate

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wingate by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28174. 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 Wingate is

The Census internal point of Wingate is at 34.987500, -80.447600. Raleigh, the capital, is 115.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Monroe, NC (40,054 people), 6.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Charlotte, NC, 26.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.987500, -80.447600
DMS: 34°59'15.00"N 80°26'51.36"W
UTM: 17N 550415.3E 3871796.2N
Geohash: dnnz137bg
Plus code: 866XXHQ2+2X

Daylight in Wingate

At 34.99° N, Wingate gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wingate

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Marshville, 4.5 miles away, with 2,710 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wingate, NC?

4,517 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 209 (4.9%) from 4,308 in July 2020.

What county is Wingate in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wingate?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28174.

How far is Wingate from Raleigh?

115.7 miles (186.1 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Wingate.

What is the nearest larger city to Wingate?

Monroe, NC, with 40,054 residents, 6.5 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.