Big Stone Gap, Virginia

Big Stone Gap population, 2020 to 2024

Big Stone Gap lost 156 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -35. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 58th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Big Stone Gap is 31% of it.

Big Stone Gap covers 4.80 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,060 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Big Stone Gap is less dense than the typical town.

What county Big Stone Gap is in

All of Big Stone Gap's residents live in Wise County, which had 34,973 residents in 2024. Big Stone Gap holds 14.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Big Stone Gap

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Big Stone Gap by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24219. 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 Big Stone Gap is

The Census internal point of Big Stone Gap is at 36.862700, -82.776100. Richmond, the capital, is 297.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mount Carmel, TN (5,549 people), 21.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 89.7 miles away.

Daylight in Big Stone Gap

At 36.86° N, Big Stone Gap 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 Big Stone Gap

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Appalachia, 3.6 miles away, with 1,376 people.