Staunton, Virginia

Staunton population, 2020 to 2024

Staunton added 552 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +425. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 27th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Staunton is 1.6 times that size.

Staunton covers 19.92 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,323 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Staunton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Staunton is in

All of Staunton's residents live in Staunton city, which had 26,361 residents in 2024. Staunton 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 Staunton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Staunton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 24401. 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 Staunton is

The Census internal point of Staunton is at 38.158000, -79.061900. Richmond, the capital, is 98.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Harrisonburg, VA (51,164 people), 21.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, VA, 96.7 miles away.

Daylight in Staunton

At 38.16° N, Staunton gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Staunton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Waynesboro, 10.7 miles away, with 23,498 people.