Christiansburg, Virginia

Christiansburg population, 2020 to 2024

Christiansburg lost 677 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -35. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 57th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Christiansburg is 1.4 times that size.

Christiansburg covers 14.72 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,538 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Christiansburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Christiansburg is in

All of Christiansburg's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 98,998 residents in 2024. Christiansburg holds 22.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Christiansburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Christiansburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24073. 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 Christiansburg is

The Census internal point of Christiansburg is at 37.140700, -80.404500. Richmond, the capital, is 165.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Blacksburg, VA (45,452 people), 6.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 72.1 miles away.

Daylight in Christiansburg

At 37.14° N, Christiansburg gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Christiansburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Blacksburg, 6.4 miles away, with 45,452 people.