Fredericksburg, Virginia

Fredericksburg population, 2020 to 2024

Fredericksburg added 1,997 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.1%. In the latest year it moved by +766. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 4th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Fredericksburg is 1.8 times that size.

Fredericksburg covers 10.45 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 2,870 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Fredericksburg is denser than the typical town.

What county Fredericksburg is in

All of Fredericksburg's residents live in Fredericksburg city, which had 29,992 residents in 2024. Fredericksburg 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 Fredericksburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fredericksburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 22401. 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 Fredericksburg is

The Census internal point of Fredericksburg is at 38.299300, -77.486700. Richmond, the capital, is 52.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Manassas, VA (43,616 people), 30.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Alexandria, VA, 42.0 miles away.

Daylight in Fredericksburg

At 38.30° N, Fredericksburg gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fredericksburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Bowling Green, 18.6 miles away, with 1,252 people.