Virginia · Census place 5139224

Hurt, Virginia

Hurt is a town in Pittsylvania County, Virginia with an estimated 1,239 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 124th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,239; #124 of 137 in Virginia
Change since 2020: -2.1%; -26 people
Land area: 3.5 sq mi; + 0.04 sq mi water
Density: 356 / sq mi; State median 1,784

Orange pin: Hurt. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Richmond.

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Hurt population, 2020 to 2024

Hurt lost 26 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -5.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,268. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hurt covers 3.48 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 356 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Hurt is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hurt is in

All of Hurt's residents live in Pittsylvania County, which had 59,410 residents in 2024. Hurt holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hurt

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hurt by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24563. 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 Hurt is

The Census internal point of Hurt is at 37.096400, -79.303300. Richmond, the capital, is 107.2 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Altavista, VA (3,332 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Greensboro, NC, 75.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 37.096400, -79.303300
DMS: 37°05'47.04"N 79°18'11.88"W
UTM: 17N 650781.0E 4106913.2N
Geohash: dnxe53jn5
Plus code: 87923MWW+HM

Daylight in Hurt

At 37.10° N, Hurt gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hurt

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Altavista, 2.2 miles away, with 3,332 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hurt, VA?

1,239 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 26 (2.1%) from 1,265 in July 2020.

What county is Hurt in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hurt?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 24563.

How far is Hurt from Richmond?

107.2 miles (172.5 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Hurt.

What is the nearest larger city to Hurt?

Altavista, VA, with 3,332 residents, 2.2 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.

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