Lynchburg, Virginia

Lynchburg population, 2020 to 2024

Lynchburg added 1,308 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +526. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Lynchburg is 4.8 times that size.

Lynchburg covers 48.92 square miles of land and 0.55 of water, for 1,641 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Lynchburg is close to the typical town.

What county Lynchburg is in

All of Lynchburg's residents live in Lynchburg city, which had 80,301 residents in 2024. Lynchburg holds 100.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lynchburg

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Lynchburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 24501, 24502, 24503, 24504, 24515. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lynchburg is

The Census internal point of Lynchburg is at 37.399000, -79.195500. Richmond, the capital, is 97.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Roanoke, VA (97,912 people), 42.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, VA, 94.8 miles away.

Daylight in Lynchburg

At 37.40° N, Lynchburg gets about 14 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lynchburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Amherst, 14.9 miles away, with 2,128 people.