Halifax, Virginia

Halifax population, 2020 to 2024

Halifax lost 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

Halifax covers 3.78 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 288 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Halifax is less dense than the typical town.

What county Halifax is in

All of Halifax's residents live in Halifax County, which had 33,448 residents in 2024. Halifax holds 3.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Halifax

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Halifax by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24558. 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 Halifax is

The Census internal point of Halifax is at 36.761200, -78.927600. Richmond, the capital, is 98.3 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is South Boston, VA (7,795 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Durham, NC, 54.1 miles away.

Daylight in Halifax

At 36.76° N, Halifax 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 Halifax

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is South Boston, 3.5 miles away, with 7,795 people.