When will the power be back in Goldsboro, NC?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Goldsboro is a city of about 34,629 residents in Wayne County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Goldsboro by name, so this page reports the Wayne County county-wide view, which covers Goldsboro. If a serving utility does name Goldsboro during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Goldsboro:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Goldsboro: the closest other places we track are Clayton, about 33 miles to the northwest; Greenville, about 37 miles to the northeast; Wendell, about 37 miles to the northwest; and Knightdale, about 41 miles to the northwest. Also nearby: Garner (42 mi NW), Rolesville (46 mi NW), Raleigh (49 mi NW), Holly Springs (53 mi W), New Bern (54 mi E), Cary (55 mi NW), Apex (56 mi NW) and Spring Lake (59 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Henderson (70 mi); south toward Wilmington (81 mi); southwest toward Hope Mills (63 mi); west toward Fayetteville (60 mi); and northwest toward Carrboro (73 mi).
Who serves Goldsboro?
We track live outage data from Duke Energy Carolinas and Tri-County EMC in Wayne County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Town of Fremont and Town of Pikeville also serve parts of Wayne County — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. For the parent company's combined picture, see Duke Energy outages across every state it serves.
Goldsboro's last tracked outage began Oct 6, peaked at 74 customers out, and was restored in 5 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours.
- Oct 6 — 74 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 24 — 838 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 24 — 399 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 22 — 245 customers out, restored in 2 hours
County context: across all of Wayne County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.5 hr. The full record for Wayne County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Goldsboro, NC?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Goldsboro's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 2 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Goldsboro, NC?
To check your own street, search a Goldsboro ZIP code — 27530, 27531, 27532, 27533 or 27534 — and the map opens on that area.
