Zebulon, North Carolina

Zebulon population, 2020 to 2024

Zebulon added 3,464 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +49.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1,052. Among 147 North Carolina places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by +4.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Carolina has 14,573 people, so Zebulon is 72% of it.

Zebulon covers 6.63 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,584 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Zebulon is denser than the typical town.

What county Zebulon is in

All of Zebulon's residents live in Wake County, which had 1,232,444 residents in 2024. Zebulon holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Zebulon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Zebulon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27597. 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 Zebulon is

The Census internal point of Zebulon is at 35.829500, -78.314200. Raleigh, the capital, is 18.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wendell, NC (16,845 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Raleigh, NC, 18.3 miles away.

Daylight in Zebulon

At 35.83° N, Zebulon 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 Zebulon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Wendell, 3.2 miles away, with 16,845 people.