Virginia · Census place 5108152
Bluefield, Virginia
Bluefield is a town in Tazewell County, Virginia with an estimated 4,871 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 66th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,871
- #66 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -4.4%
- -225 people
- Land area
- 9.5 sq mi
- Density
- 513 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Bluefield population, 2020 to 2024
Bluefield lost 225 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.4%. In the latest year it moved by -54.
Bluefield covers 9.49 square miles of land, for 513 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Bluefield is less dense than the typical town.
What county Bluefield is in
All of Bluefield's residents live in Tazewell County, which had 38,875 residents in 2024. Bluefield holds 12.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bluefield
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bluefield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24605. 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 Bluefield is
The Census internal point of Bluefield is at 37.235200, -81.274700. Richmond, the capital, is 211.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bluefield, WV (9,157 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 96.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.235200, -81.274700
- DMS
- 37°14'6.72"N 81°16'28.92"W
- UTM
- 17N 475633.7E 4120999.7N
- Geohash
- dnw5yd3wf
- Plus code
- 869W6PPG+34
Daylight in Bluefield
At 37.24° N, Bluefield gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bluefield
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Tazewell, 14.7 miles away, with 4,302 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bluefield, VA?
4,871 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 225 (4.4%) from 5,096 in July 2020.
What county is Bluefield in?
Tazewell County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bluefield?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 24605.
How far is Bluefield from Richmond?
211.9 miles (341.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Bluefield.
What is the nearest larger city to Bluefield?
Bluefield, WV, with 9,157 residents, 4.0 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.