Virginia · Census place 5183136
Warrenton, Virginia
Warrenton is a town in Fauquier County, Virginia with an estimated 10,224 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 39th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 10,224
- #39 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- +1.8%
- +176 people
- Land area
- 4.4 sq mi
- Density
- 2,334 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Warrenton population, 2020 to 2024
Warrenton added 176 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +0. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 31st; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Warrenton is 62% of it.
Warrenton covers 4.38 square miles of land, for 2,334 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Warrenton is denser than the typical town.
What county Warrenton is in
All of Warrenton's residents live in Fauquier County, which had 75,865 residents in 2024. Warrenton holds 13.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Warrenton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Warrenton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 20186. 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 Warrenton is
The Census internal point of Warrenton is at 38.717800, -77.797300. Richmond, the capital, is 83.8 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Manassas, VA (43,616 people), 17.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Alexandria, VA, 39.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.717800, -77.797300
- DMS
- 38°43'4.08"N 77°47'50.28"W
- UTM
- 18N 256796.4E 4289176.4N
- Geohash
- dqbsm8mex
- Plus code
- 87C4P693+43
Daylight in Warrenton
At 38.72° N, Warrenton gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Warrenton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Haymarket, 10.9 miles away, with 1,594 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Warrenton, VA?
10,224 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 176 (1.8%) from 10,048 in July 2020.
What county is Warrenton in?
Fauquier County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Warrenton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 20186.
How far is Warrenton from Richmond?
83.8 miles (134.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Warrenton.
What is the nearest larger city to Warrenton?
Manassas, VA, with 43,616 residents, 17.1 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.