Virginia · Census place 5177792
Tazewell, Virginia
Tazewell is a town in Tazewell County, Virginia with an estimated 4,302 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 70th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,302
- #70 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -4.1%
- -186 people
- Land area
- 6.9 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 626 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Tazewell population, 2020 to 2024
Tazewell lost 186 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.1%. In the latest year it moved by -43.
Tazewell covers 6.87 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 626 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Tazewell is less dense than the typical town.
What county Tazewell is in
All of Tazewell's residents live in Tazewell County, which had 38,875 residents in 2024. Tazewell holds 11.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Tazewell
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Tazewell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24630, 24651. 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 Tazewell is
The Census internal point of Tazewell is at 37.128900, -81.506600. Richmond, the capital, is 225.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bluefield, VA (4,871 people), 14.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 99.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.128900, -81.506600
- DMS
- 37°07'44.04"N 81°30'23.76"W
- UTM
- 17N 455000.8E 4109291.9N
- Geohash
- dnw51r0ew
- Plus code
- 869W4FHV+H9
Daylight in Tazewell
At 37.13° N, Tazewell 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 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Tazewell
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Cedar Bluff, 14.5 miles away, with 1,014 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Tazewell, VA?
4,302 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 186 (4.1%) from 4,488 in July 2020.
What county is Tazewell in?
Tazewell County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Tazewell?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 24630, 24651.
How far is Tazewell from Richmond?
225.5 miles (362.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Tazewell.
What is the nearest larger city to Tazewell?
Bluefield, VA, with 4,871 residents, 14.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.