North Carolina · Census place 3776200

Youngsville, North Carolina

Youngsville is a town in Franklin County, North Carolina with an estimated 2,375 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 240th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,375
#240 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020
+14.4%
+299 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
Density
935 / sq mi
State median 1,316
Orange pin: Youngsville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

Youngsville population, 2020 to 2024

Youngsville added 299 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +14.4%. In the latest year it moved by +78.

2,07620202,15720212,22520222,29720232,3752024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,064. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Youngsville covers 2.54 square miles of land, for 935 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Youngsville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Youngsville is in

All of Youngsville's residents live in Franklin County, which had 79,771 residents in 2024. Youngsville holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Youngsville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Youngsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27596. 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 Youngsville is

The Census internal point of Youngsville is at 36.035100, -78.481700. Raleigh, the capital, is 19.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Franklinton, NC (2,825 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Raleigh, NC, 16.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.035100, -78.481700
DMS
36°02'6.36"N 78°28'54.12"W
UTM
17N 726890.5E 3990776.0N
Geohash
dq2hypgre
Plus code
87832GP9+28

Daylight in Youngsville

At 36.04° N, Youngsville gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Youngsville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Franklinton, 4.8 miles away, with 2,825 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Youngsville, NC?

2,375 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 299 (14.4%) from 2,076 in July 2020.

What county is Youngsville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Youngsville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27596.

How far is Youngsville from Raleigh?

19.7 miles (31.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Youngsville.

What is the nearest larger city to Youngsville?

Franklinton, NC, with 2,825 residents, 4.8 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.