Stantonsburg is a town in Wilson County, North Carolina, United States.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2), all land.

The population density was 1,370.4 inhabitants per square mile (529.1/km2).

There were 334 housing units at an average density of 630.4 per square mile (243.4/km2).

[3] Of the 305 households 25.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.5% were married couples living together, 14.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.1% were non-families.