Virginia · Census place 5116480
Chilhowie, Virginia
Chilhowie is a town in Smyth County, Virginia with an estimated 1,610 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 106th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,610
- #106 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -2.7%
- -45 people
- Land area
- 2.5 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 636 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Chilhowie population, 2020 to 2024
Chilhowie lost 45 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Chilhowie covers 2.53 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 636 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Chilhowie is less dense than the typical town.
What county Chilhowie is in
All of Chilhowie's residents live in Smyth County, which had 29,137 residents in 2024. Chilhowie holds 5.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Chilhowie
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chilhowie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24319. 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 Chilhowie is
The Census internal point of Chilhowie is at 36.800200, -81.682900. Richmond, the capital, is 239.4 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Saltville, VA (1,773 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 92.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.800200, -81.682900
- DMS
- 36°48'0.72"N 81°40'58.44"W
- UTM
- 17N 439079.2E 4072925.8N
- Geohash
- dntcm722d
- Plus code
- 868WR828+3R
Daylight in Chilhowie
At 36.80° N, Chilhowie gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Chilhowie
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Glade Spring, 5.0 miles away, with 1,368 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Chilhowie, VA?
1,610 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 45 (2.7%) from 1,655 in July 2020.
What county is Chilhowie in?
Smyth County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Chilhowie?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 24319.
How far is Chilhowie from Richmond?
239.4 miles (385.3 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Chilhowie.
What is the nearest larger city to Chilhowie?
Saltville, VA, with 1,773 residents, 6.8 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.