Roanoke, Virginia

Roanoke population, 2020 to 2024

Roanoke lost 1,986 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +409. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 54th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Roanoke is 5.9 times that size.

Roanoke covers 42.52 square miles of land and 0.33 of water, for 2,303 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Roanoke is denser than the typical town.

What county Roanoke is in

All of Roanoke's residents live in Roanoke city, which had 97,912 residents in 2024. Roanoke 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 Roanoke

9 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Roanoke by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 24011, 24012, 24013, 24014, 24015, 24016, 24017, 24019, 24022. 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 Roanoke is

The Census internal point of Roanoke is at 37.278500, -79.958200. Richmond, the capital, is 139.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Greensboro, NC (307,381 people), 82.1 miles away.

Daylight in Roanoke

At 37.28° N, Roanoke gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Roanoke

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Vinton, 3.9 miles away, with 8,059 people.