Virginia · Census place 5131136
Glasgow, Virginia
Glasgow is a town in Rockbridge County, Virginia with an estimated 1,037 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 136th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,037
- #136 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -1.5%
- -16 people
- Land area
- 1.5 sq mi
- Density
- 678 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Glasgow population, 2020 to 2024
Glasgow lost 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -2.
Glasgow covers 1.53 square miles of land, for 678 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Glasgow is less dense than the typical town.
What county Glasgow is in
All of Glasgow's residents live in Rockbridge County, which had 22,368 residents in 2024. Glasgow holds 4.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Glasgow
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Glasgow by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24555. 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 Glasgow is
The Census internal point of Glasgow is at 37.631800, -79.458200. Richmond, the capital, is 111.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Buena Vista, VA (6,581 people), 8.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greensboro, NC, 108.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.631800, -79.458200
- DMS
- 37°37'54.48"N 79°27'29.52"W
- UTM
- 17N 636044.1E 4166081.5N
- Geohash
- dnxqpfsm1
- Plus code
- 8792JGJR+PP
Daylight in Glasgow
At 37.63° N, Glasgow gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Glasgow
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Buena Vista, 8.7 miles away, with 6,581 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Glasgow, VA?
1,037 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 16 (1.5%) from 1,053 in July 2020.
What county is Glasgow in?
Rockbridge County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Glasgow?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 24555.
How far is Glasgow from Richmond?
111.0 miles (178.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Glasgow.
What is the nearest larger city to Glasgow?
Buena Vista, VA, with 6,581 residents, 8.7 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.