Emporia, Virginia

Emporia population, 2020 to 2024

Emporia lost 292 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.1%. In the latest year it moved by -77. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 62nd; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Emporia is 33% of it.

Emporia covers 6.63 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 815 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Emporia is less dense than the typical town.

What county Emporia is in

All of Emporia's residents live in Emporia city, which had 5,402 residents in 2024. Emporia 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 Emporia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Emporia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 23847. 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 Emporia is

The Census internal point of Emporia is at 36.696200, -77.536000. Richmond, the capital, is 58.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Roanoke Rapids, NC (14,573 people), 18.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Suffolk, VA, 49.9 miles away.

Daylight in Emporia

At 36.70° N, Emporia gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Emporia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Courtland, 26.3 miles away, with 1,287 people.