Radford, Virginia

Radford population, 2020 to 2024

Radford added 1,158 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.2%. In the latest year it moved by +279. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 3rd; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Radford is 1.0 times that size.

Radford covers 9.68 square miles of land and 0.33 of water, for 1,784 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Radford is close to the typical town.

What county Radford is in

All of Radford's residents live in Radford city, which had 17,273 residents in 2024. Radford 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 Radford

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Radford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 24141, 24142. 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 Radford is

The Census internal point of Radford is at 37.120100, -80.559100. Richmond, the capital, is 174.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Christiansburg, VA (22,632 people), 8.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 72.2 miles away.

Daylight in Radford

At 37.12° N, Radford 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 Radford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Dublin, 7.3 miles away, with 2,657 people.