When will the power be back in Wake Forest, NC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Wake Forest is a town of about 56,764 residents in Wake County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Wake Forest by name, so this page reports the Wake County county-wide view, which covers Wake Forest. If a serving utility does name Wake Forest during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Wake Forest:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Wake Forest: the closest other places we track are Rolesville, about 4 miles to the southeast; Raleigh, about 12 miles to the southwest; Knightdale, about 12 miles to the south; and Wendell, about 14 miles to the southeast. Also nearby: Zebulon (14 mi SE), Garner (20 mi S), Morrisville (20 mi SW), Cary (21 mi SW), Clayton (21 mi S), Durham (22 mi W), Henderson (26 mi N) and Apex (26 mi SW).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Lynchburg, VA (106 mi); northeast toward Roanoke Rapids (59 mi); east toward Rocky Mount (40 mi); southeast toward Wilson (36 mi); south toward Smithfield (32 mi); southwest toward Holly Springs (28 mi); west toward Chapel Hill (30 mi); and northwest toward Danville, VA (66 mi).
Who serves Wake Forest?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Carolinas, Wake Electric Membership Corp and Town of Apex Electric Utilities in Wake County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Town of Wake Forest also serves parts of Wake County — we don't yet read its own live outage map. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
County context: across all of Wake County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5.8 hr. The full record for Wake County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Wake Forest, NC?
To check your own street, search a Wake Forest ZIP code — 27587 or 27588 — and the map opens on that area.
