New Light is an unincorporated community in New Light Township, Wake County, North Carolina, United States.

[2] It has an elevation of 413 ft.[3] As of January 2019, New Light Township has a population of 8,687 and a median home value of $380,000.

[4] In the 1750s, New Light Baptists migrated from New England to North Carolina.

[1] They established the first Baptist church in Wake County in 1771.

[5] The community later had a creek and a township named after them.