Virginia · Census place 5147528

Luray, Virginia

Luray is a town in Page County, Virginia with an estimated 4,813 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 68th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,813
#68 of 137 in Virginia
Change since 2020
-0.2%
-11 people
Land area
4.9 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
990 / sq mi
State median 1,784
Orange pin: Luray. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Richmond.

Luray population, 2020 to 2024

Luray lost 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

4,82420204,84720214,82820224,81420234,8132024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,827. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Luray covers 4.86 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 990 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Luray is less dense than the typical town.

What county Luray is in

All of Luray's residents live in Page County, which had 23,686 residents in 2024. Luray holds 20.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Luray

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Luray by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 22835. 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 Luray is

The Census internal point of Luray is at 38.664200, -78.454500. Richmond, the capital, is 95.5 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Woodstock, VA (5,954 people), 14.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Alexandria, VA, 74.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.664200, -78.454500
DMS
38°39'51.12"N 78°27'16.20"W
UTM
17N 721473.5E 4282588.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
87C3MG7W+M6

Daylight in Luray

At 38.66° N, Luray gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Luray

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Stanley, 6.2 miles away, with 1,696 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Luray, VA?

4,813 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 11 (0.2%) from 4,824 in July 2020.

What county is Luray in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Luray?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 22835.

How far is Luray from Richmond?

95.5 miles (153.7 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Luray.

What is the nearest larger city to Luray?

Woodstock, VA, with 5,954 residents, 14.7 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.

  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.