U.S. PLACE PROFILE
Wake Forest, NC
Wake Forest is a Town in Wake County, North Carolina. The loaded 2025 population estimate is 58,147.
Published locationNorth Carolina
Population estimate58,1472025 loaded Census estimate
CountyWake CountyPrimary loaded county
Place typeTownCensus place classification
Coordinates35.96369, -78.51174Census representative point
EXPLORE FROM WAKE FOREST
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Closest published places
Nearest qualifying Census places by straight-line distance.
Rolesville, NC4.3 miles · SE
Youngsville, NC5.2 miles · N
Franklinton, NC10.0 miles · N
Raleigh, NC11.6 miles · SW→Knightdale, NC11.9 miles · S
Zebulon, NC14.4 miles · SE
County coverage
Some incorporated places cross county lines. These county-part values come from the loaded Census county-place-part population layer.
| County | 2025 population in this place part |
|---|---|
| Franklin County | 2,712 |
| Wake County | 55,435 |
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PRIMARY GEOGRAPHIC SOURCE
U.S. Census Bureau
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