West Point, Virginia

West Point population, 2020 to 2024

West Point added 105 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

West Point covers 5.05 square miles of land and 1.61 of water, for 699 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so West Point is less dense than the typical town.

What county West Point is in

All of West Point's residents live in King William County, which had 19,232 residents in 2024. West Point holds 18.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Point

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West Point by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 23181. 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 West Point is

The Census internal point of West Point is at 37.552300, -76.801800. Richmond, the capital, is 34.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Williamsburg, VA (16,030 people), 20.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Newport News, VA, 36.3 miles away.

Daylight in West Point

At 37.55° N, West Point gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 34 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Point

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Williamsburg, 20.2 miles away, with 16,030 people.