Virginia · Census place 5170096

Saltville, Virginia

Saltville is a town in 2 counties of Virginia with an estimated 1,773 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 101st largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,773
#101 of 137 in Virginia
Change since 2020
-2.4%
-44 people
Land area
8.0 sq mi
+ 0.11 sq mi water
Density
221 / sq mi
State median 1,784
Orange pin: Saltville. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Richmond.

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Saltville population, 2020 to 2024

Saltville lost 44 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

1,81720201,80320211,79020221,77620231,7732024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,818. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Saltville covers 8.02 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 221 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Saltville is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Saltville spans

Saltville crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,773 residents as follows; Smyth County holds 90.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Smyth County1,611
  2. 02Washington County162
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Saltville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Saltville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24370. 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 Saltville is

The Census internal point of Saltville is at 36.875900, -81.762900. Richmond, the capital, is 242.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marion, VA (5,602 people), 13.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 99.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
36.875900, -81.762900
DMS
36°52'33.24"N 81°45'46.44"W
UTM
17N 432009.4E 4081377.3N
Geohash
dntcg3n1d
Plus code
868WV6GP+9R

Daylight in Saltville

At 36.88° N, Saltville gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Saltville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Glade Spring, 6.0 miles away, with 1,368 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Saltville, VA?

1,773 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 44 (2.4%) from 1,817 in July 2020.

What county is Saltville in?

It spans 2 counties: Smyth County (1,611 residents), Washington County (162 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Saltville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 24370.

How far is Saltville from Richmond?

242.6 miles (390.4 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Saltville.

What is the nearest larger city to Saltville?

Marion, VA, with 5,602 residents, 13.9 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.