Virginia · Census place 5110296

Brookneal, Virginia

Brookneal is a town in Campbell County, Virginia with an estimated 1,076 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 134th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,076
#134 of 137 in Virginia
Change since 2020
-1.4%
-15 people
Land area
3.5 sq mi
+ 0.10 sq mi water
Density
307 / sq mi
State median 1,784
Orange pin: Brookneal. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Richmond.

Brookneal population, 2020 to 2024

Brookneal lost 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

1,09120201,08320211,07520221,07720231,0762024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,092. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brookneal covers 3.50 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 307 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Brookneal is less dense than the typical town.

What county Brookneal is in

All of Brookneal's residents live in Campbell County, which had 55,342 residents in 2024. Brookneal holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brookneal

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brookneal by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24528. 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 Brookneal is

The Census internal point of Brookneal is at 37.047900, -78.953900. Richmond, the capital, is 90.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Altavista, VA (3,332 people), 18.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Durham, NC, 74.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.047900, -78.953900
DMS
37°02'52.44"N 78°57'14.04"W
UTM
17N 681950.4E 4102143.9N
Geohash
dnxfg27e8
Plus code
879322XW+5C

Daylight in Brookneal

At 37.05° N, Brookneal gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brookneal

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Altavista, 18.9 miles away, with 3,332 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brookneal, VA?

1,076 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 15 (1.4%) from 1,091 in July 2020.

What county is Brookneal in?

Campbell County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Brookneal?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 24528.

How far is Brookneal from Richmond?

90.2 miles (145.1 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Brookneal.

What is the nearest larger city to Brookneal?

Altavista, VA, with 3,332 residents, 18.9 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.