Virginia · Census place 5102040
Appalachia, Virginia
Appalachia is a town in Wise County, Virginia with an estimated 1,376 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 116th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,376
- #116 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -4.2%
- -60 people
- Land area
- 3.4 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 400 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Appalachia population, 2020 to 2024
Appalachia lost 60 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.2%. In the latest year it moved by -12.
Appalachia covers 3.44 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 400 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Appalachia is less dense than the typical town.
What county Appalachia is in
All of Appalachia's residents live in Wise County, which had 34,973 residents in 2024. Appalachia holds 3.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Appalachia
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Appalachia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24216. 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 Appalachia is
The Census internal point of Appalachia is at 36.912700, -82.795000. Richmond, the capital, is 298.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Big Stone Gap, VA (5,087 people), 3.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 91.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.912700, -82.795000
- DMS
- 36°54'45.72"N 82°47'42.00"W
- UTM
- 17N 340098.2E 4086692.6N
- Geohash
- dnt1gzy80
- Plus code
- 868VW673+3X
Daylight in Appalachia
At 36.91° N, Appalachia gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Appalachia
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Big Stone Gap, 3.6 miles away, with 5,087 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Appalachia, VA?
1,376 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 60 (4.2%) from 1,436 in July 2020.
What county is Appalachia in?
Wise County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Appalachia?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 24216.
How far is Appalachia from Richmond?
298.1 miles (479.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Appalachia.
What is the nearest larger city to Appalachia?
Big Stone Gap, VA, with 5,087 residents, 3.6 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.