Virginia · Census place 5187712

Woodstock, Virginia

Woodstock is a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia with an estimated 5,954 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 57th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,954
#57 of 137 in Virginia
Change since 2020
+2.7%
+157 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
Density
1,563 / sq mi
State median 1,784
Orange pin: Woodstock. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Richmond.

Woodstock population, 2020 to 2024

Woodstock added 157 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +34. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 20th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Woodstock is 36% of it.

5,79720205,87320215,88320225,92020235,9542024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,787. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Woodstock covers 3.81 square miles of land, for 1,563 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Woodstock is less dense than the typical town.

What county Woodstock is in

All of Woodstock's residents live in Shenandoah County, which had 45,441 residents in 2024. Woodstock holds 13.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Woodstock

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Woodstock by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 22664. 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 Woodstock is

The Census internal point of Woodstock is at 38.872100, -78.517100. Richmond, the capital, is 109.3 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Strasburg, VA (7,290 people), 12.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Alexandria, VA, 77.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.872100, -78.517100
DMS
38°52'19.56"N 78°31'1.56"W
UTM
17N 715399.7E 4305513.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Woodstock

At 38.87° N, Woodstock gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Woodstock

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Edinburg, 4.2 miles away, with 1,213 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Woodstock, VA?

5,954 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 157 (2.7%) from 5,797 in July 2020.

What county is Woodstock in?

Shenandoah County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Woodstock?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 22664.

How far is Woodstock from Richmond?

109.3 miles (175.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Woodstock.

What is the nearest larger city to Woodstock?

Strasburg, VA, with 7,290 residents, 12.8 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.