Virginia · Census place 5161208
Pearisburg, Virginia
Pearisburg is a town in Giles County, Virginia with an estimated 2,857 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 84th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,857
- #84 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -1.9%
- -55 people
- Land area
- 3.2 sq mi
- Density
- 896 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Pearisburg population, 2020 to 2024
Pearisburg lost 55 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +22.
Pearisburg covers 3.19 square miles of land, for 896 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Pearisburg is less dense than the typical town.
What county Pearisburg is in
All of Pearisburg's residents live in Giles County, which had 16,533 residents in 2024. Pearisburg holds 17.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Pearisburg
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pearisburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24134. 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 Pearisburg is
The Census internal point of Pearisburg is at 37.328700, -80.727300. Richmond, the capital, is 181.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Radford, VA (17,273 people), 17.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 88.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.328700, -80.727300
- DMS
- 37°19'43.32"N 80°43'38.28"W
- UTM
- 17N 524159.0E 4131372.0N
- Geohash
- dnws752pm
- Plus code
- 869X87HF+F3
Daylight in Pearisburg
At 37.33° N, Pearisburg gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Pearisburg
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Narrows, 4.5 miles away, with 2,040 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Pearisburg, VA?
2,857 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 55 (1.9%) from 2,912 in July 2020.
What county is Pearisburg in?
Giles County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Pearisburg?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 24134.
How far is Pearisburg from Richmond?
181.3 miles (291.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Pearisburg.
What is the nearest larger city to Pearisburg?
Radford, VA, with 17,273 residents, 17.1 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.