Charlottesville, Virginia

Charlottesville population, 2020 to 2024

Charlottesville lost 1,667 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -280. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 60th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Charlottesville is 2.7 times that size.

Charlottesville covers 10.25 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 4,368 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Charlottesville is denser than the typical town.

What county Charlottesville is in

All of Charlottesville's residents live in Charlottesville city, which had 44,767 residents in 2024. Charlottesville holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Charlottesville

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Charlottesville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 22901, 22902, 22903, 22908. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Charlottesville is

The Census internal point of Charlottesville is at 38.037700, -78.485400. Richmond, the capital, is 67.0 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Harrisonburg, VA (51,164 people), 34.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, VA, 65.3 miles away.

Daylight in Charlottesville

At 38.04° N, Charlottesville gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Charlottesville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Gordonsville, 17.6 miles away, with 1,509 people.