South Hill, Virginia

South Hill population, 2020 to 2024

South Hill added 235 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.0%. In the latest year it moved by +37.

South Hill covers 9.86 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 499 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so South Hill is less dense than the typical town.

What county South Hill is in

All of South Hill's residents live in Mecklenburg County, which had 30,824 residents in 2024. South Hill holds 16.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in South Hill

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap South Hill by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 23950, 23970. 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 South Hill is

The Census internal point of South Hill is at 36.725700, -78.128900. Richmond, the capital, is 68.0 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Henderson, NC (14,807 people), 31.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, VA, 66.3 miles away.

Daylight in South Hill

At 36.73° N, South Hill gets about 14 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near South Hill

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Kenbridge, 16.3 miles away, with 1,111 people.