Virginia · Census place 5137336

Hillsville, Virginia

Hillsville is a town in Carroll County, Virginia with an estimated 2,843 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 85th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,843
#85 of 137 in Virginia
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-38 people
Land area
9.7 sq mi
Density
292 / sq mi
State median 1,784
Orange pin: Hillsville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Richmond.

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Hillsville population, 2020 to 2024

Hillsville lost 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -9.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,881. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hillsville covers 9.74 square miles of land, for 292 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Hillsville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hillsville is in

All of Hillsville's residents live in Carroll County, which had 29,242 residents in 2024. Hillsville holds 9.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hillsville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hillsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24343. 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 Hillsville is

The Census internal point of Hillsville is at 36.761600, -80.736700. Richmond, the capital, is 189.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Galax, VA (6,739 people), 11.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 52.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.761600, -80.736700
DMS
36°45'41.76"N 80°44'12.12"W
UTM
17N 523500.4E 4068458.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
868XQ767+J8

Daylight in Hillsville

At 36.76° N, Hillsville 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 Hillsville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Galax, 11.9 miles away, with 6,739 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hillsville, VA?

2,843 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 38 (1.3%) from 2,881 in July 2020.

What county is Hillsville in?

Carroll County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Hillsville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 24343.

How far is Hillsville from Richmond?

189.6 miles (305.2 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Hillsville.

What is the nearest larger city to Hillsville?

Galax, VA, with 6,739 residents, 11.9 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.