West Jefferson, North Carolina

West Jefferson population, 2020 to 2024

West Jefferson added 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

West Jefferson covers 2.15 square miles of land, for 624 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so West Jefferson is less dense than the typical town.

What county West Jefferson is in

All of West Jefferson's residents live in Ashe County, which had 27,266 residents in 2024. West Jefferson holds 4.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Jefferson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West Jefferson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28694. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where West Jefferson is

The Census internal point of West Jefferson is at 36.383100, -81.489600. Raleigh, the capital, is 164.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jefferson, NC (1,648 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 71.1 miles away.

Daylight in West Jefferson

At 36.38° N, West Jefferson gets about 14 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Jefferson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Jefferson, 2.8 miles away, with 1,648 people.