ZIP Code 27587
About Wake Forest
Wake Forest is a town in Wake and Franklin counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located almost entirely in Wake County, it lies just north of the state capital, Raleigh. At the 2020 census, the population was 47,601, up from 30,117 in 2010. It is part of the Raleigh metropolitan area. Wake Forest was the original home of Wake Forest University for 122 years before it moved to Winston-Salem in 1956.
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Area Profile
US Census (ACS 5-year · Gazetteer)
81,902
population
$125,607
median household income
779
people / sq mi
$452,400
median home value
$1,415
median gross rent
40.8
median age
30,571
housing units
29,199
households
105.1
land area (sq mi)
Key places in 27587
- Trentini Stadium (f.k.a. Groves Stadium) stadium
- Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary university
Points of interest
- grocery
- coffee
- gas
- pharmacy
- fast_food
- bank
- gym
Brands
- Dunkin' (3)
- Harris Teeter (3)
- McDonald's (3)
- Bojangles' (2)
- Burger King (2)
- Chick-fil-A (2)
- Shell (2)
- Sonic (2)
- Starbucks (2)
- Taco Bell (2)
- Truist (2)
- Aldi (1)