YoungsvilleNC
A town of 2,461, settled in 1839.
Is Youngsville a good place to live?
Youngsville’s best subject grade is an A− for health; its weakest is a C− for walkability. 7.2% of residents are 65 or older in Youngsville, below both the North Carolina town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Youngsville's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 92% of U.S. towns. Youngsville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Youngsville stand out
Where Youngsville beats most towns.
Youngsville has grown 106% since 2010
1,157 counted in 2010 and 2,016 in 2020; an estimated 2,461 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Youngsville grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Youngsville is from typical.
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Moving to Youngsville: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Youngsville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Youngsville.
With 1.7 jobs for every working resident, Youngsville draws in 1,743 commuters
Most working residents leave Youngsville for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Youngsville has added 1,055 jobs, to 1,767 in 2023. At 27 minutes, Youngsville’s average trip to work is against 24 minutes in North Carolina’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns.
| Youngsville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 13% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools in Youngsville fall behind 62% of North Carolina districts
Its public schools are run by the Franklin County Schools. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngsville ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 425 | B− |
| Commission Leadership Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 281 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
More children than North Carolina overall
Children under 18 are 41% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 7% of residents (17% statewide). Youngsville’s median age is 30.1 years. Youngsville has grown 18% since 2020, to 2,461 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Youngsville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30.1 years | 40.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 44% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 40% and 61% women
The Census survey reached too few of Youngsville’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±10.8 points. Across North Carolina, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Youngsville | NC | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16.7% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 24.1% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.4% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.1% | 13.4% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 19.4% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.5% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.5% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5.3% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.8% | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.7% | 24.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.6% | 19.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.5% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.4% | 13.5% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,500, single groups can be off by several points
Youngsville ranks healthier than 80% of the country’s towns
Youngsville beats the North Carolina average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 11% of adults report frequent physical distress in Youngsville.
| Youngsville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Youngsville | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.9% | 7.1% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 71.1% | 76.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More crime per resident in Youngsville than in 66% of U.S. towns
The property crime rate in Youngsville is 20 per 1,000 residents.
| Youngsville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 20 per 1,000 residents | 21.8 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.6 per 1,000 residents | 3.2 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
A typical Youngsville home is worth about $403K
The typical Youngsville home is worth about $403,000, down 0.9% in a year, 21% above the North Carolina typical home. 63% of Youngsville households own their home.
| Youngsville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 63% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,239 a month | $1,085 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In Youngsville, expect mild winters and hot summers
Youngsville has mild winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 30° and about 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Youngsville, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Irene E. Mitchell Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lenovo Center and 24 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Youngsville. Close and well known come first.
21 mi Stadium & arenaLenovo Center
21 mi Stadium & arenaCarter–Finley Stadium
33 mi Stadium & arenaKenan Memorial Stadium
23 mi Stadium & arenaWakeMed Soccer Park
28 mi LandmarkBennett Place State Historic Site
20 mi MuseumNorth Carolina Museum of ArtPhoto credits
Lenovo Center: Edward T. Funkhouser, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carter–Finley Stadium: SMaloney, CC BY 3.0 · Kenan Memorial Stadium: Yeungb, CC BY 3.0 · WakeMed Soccer Park: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bennett Place State Historic Site: Ildar Sagdejev (Specious), CC BY-SA 4.0 · North Carolina Museum of Art: Justin Doub, CC BY 2.0
Everything we know about Youngsville
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Youngsville
About 5 of every 100 Youngsville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as North Carolina.
Every workday, about 1,743 people come to Youngsville for work
Where Youngsville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Famous people from Youngsville
4 notable people were born in Youngsville.
About Youngsville
Town in North Carolina, United States
Youngsville is a town in Franklin County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,016 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1839
- Area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 466 ft
- ZIP code
- 27596
- Area code
- 919
Questions about Youngsville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Youngsville, NC expensive?
That is 4 years of the area's median household income ($100,103 across the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
What is Youngsville, NC known for?
4 notable people were born here, including Taylor Vancil and Charles H. Martin.