Virginia · Census place 5129600
Franklin, Virginia
Franklin is a city in Franklin city, Virginia with an estimated 8,373 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 43rd largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 8,373
- #43 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- +2.8%
- +225 people
- Land area
- 8.3 sq mi
- + 0.09 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,011 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Franklin population, 2020 to 2024
Franklin added 225 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +57. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 19th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Franklin is 51% of it.
Franklin covers 8.28 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,011 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Franklin is less dense than the typical town.
What county Franklin is in
All of Franklin's residents live in Franklin city, which had 8,373 residents in 2024. Franklin 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 Franklin
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Franklin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 23851. 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 Franklin is
The Census internal point of Franklin is at 36.684000, -76.941400. Richmond, the capital, is 65.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Suffolk, VA (103,105 people), 17.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 36.684000, -76.941400
- DMS
- 36°41'2.40"N 76°56'29.04"W
- UTM
- 18N 326540.1E 4061574.4N
- Geohash
- dq929nhgz
- Plus code
- 8785M3M5+JC
Daylight in Franklin
At 36.68° N, Franklin gets about 14 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Franklin
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Courtland, 7.0 miles away, with 1,287 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Franklin, VA?
8,373 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 225 (2.8%) from 8,148 in July 2020.
What county is Franklin in?
Franklin city. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Franklin?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 23851.
How far is Franklin from Richmond?
65.0 miles (104.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Franklin.
What is the nearest larger city to Franklin?
Suffolk, VA, with 103,105 residents, 17.0 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.