Youngest Cities in North Carolina

The top 25 of 51 North Carolina cities on GIS Map, ranked by lowest median age.

#	City	County	Median age	Population
1	Boone	Watauga	21.3 years	20,032
2	Jacksonville	Onslow	23.4 years	71,279
3	Chapel Hill	Orange	25.8 years	61,607
4	Greenville	Pitt	27.3 years	92,857
5	Fayetteville	Cumberland	30.6 years	210,815
6	Greensboro	Guilford	34.3 years	301,198
7	Charlotte	Mecklenburg	34.5 years	903,844
8	Lumberton	Robeson	34.6 years	18,859
9	Raleigh	Wake	34.7 years	481,031
10	Sanford	Lee	34.7 years	31,478
11	Durham	Durham	35.1 years	291,467
12	Morrisville	Wake	35.2 years	31,422
13	Monroe	Union	35.5 years	36,759
14	Mooresville	Iredell	35.8 years	52,381
15	Winston-Salem	Forsyth	35.9 years	252,037
16	Indian Trail	Union	36.2 years	42,036
17	Apex	Wake	36.4 years	70,630
18	Concord	Cabarrus	36.5 years	108,719
19	Elizabeth City	Pasquotank	36.5 years	18,871
20	Gastonia	Gaston	36.5 years	82,884
21	Holly Springs	Wake	36.5 years	45,248
22	Salisbury	Rowan	36.5 years	35,825
23	Lexington	Davidson	36.7 years	19,690
24	Goldsboro	Wayne	36.8 years	34,383
25	Kannapolis	Cabarrus	36.9 years	57,890

Top North Carolina Counties

Counties ranked by lowest median age.

1. Onslow County27.7 years 2. Watauga County31.4 years 3. Cumberland County32 years 4. Pitt County33 years 5. Hoke County33.9 years 6. Mecklenburg County35.5 years 7. Harnett County35.6 years 8. Durham County36.1 years 9. Orange County36.1 years 10. Robeson County36.4 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Only cities covered by GIS Map with at least 1,000 residents are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Youngest Cities in North Carolina”, https://gismap.land/rankings/north-carolina/youngest-cities. Figures from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

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