Winchester, Virginia

Winchester population, 2020 to 2024

Winchester lost 203 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +46. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 44th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Winchester is 1.7 times that size.

Winchester covers 9.19 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 3,025 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Winchester is denser than the typical town.

What county Winchester is in

All of Winchester's residents live in Winchester city, which had 27,800 residents in 2024. Winchester 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 Winchester

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Winchester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 22601. 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 Winchester is

The Census internal point of Winchester is at 39.173900, -78.176400. Richmond, the capital, is 119.9 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Leesburg, VA (49,831 people), 33.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Alexandria, VA, 63.6 miles away.

Daylight in Winchester

At 39.17° N, Winchester gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Winchester

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Stephens City, 6.0 miles away, with 2,160 people.