Front Royal, Virginia

Front Royal population, 2020 to 2024

Front Royal added 588 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +171. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 12th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Front Royal is 94% of it.

Front Royal covers 10.27 square miles of land and 0.24 of water, for 1,522 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Front Royal is less dense than the typical town.

What county Front Royal is in

All of Front Royal's residents live in Warren County, which had 42,461 residents in 2024. Front Royal holds 36.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Front Royal

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Front Royal by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 22630. 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 Front Royal is

The Census internal point of Front Royal is at 38.925000, -78.183400. Richmond, the capital, is 104.0 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Winchester, VA (27,800 people), 17.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Alexandria, VA, 59.6 miles away.

Daylight in Front Royal

At 38.93° N, Front Royal gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Front Royal

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Middletown, 8.8 miles away, with 1,444 people.