Garland is a town in Sampson County, North Carolina, home to about 704 people across 1.1 square miles. Its ZIP code is 28441.
Homes sold for a median of $150 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Mostly Garland; also Ingold
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Garland. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)78 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field (FAY)29 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Raleigh, NC73 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Philadelphia, PA403 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Garland; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Garland had 595 residents in the 2020 census, down 26% since 2000.
It’s the 524th largest of 771 towns in North Carolina by population.
Sampson County grew from 26,380 residents in 1900 to 59,036 in 2020.
Sampson County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 91°F in summer, and winter lows average 32°F. About 53.4 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Elizabethtown, NC weather station (15 miles away).
12,611 jobs at 1,014 businesses in Sampson County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Garland.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Grocery stores
Libraries
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Ingold.
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