Ansted, West Virginia

Ansted population, 2020 to 2024

Ansted lost 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.4%. In the latest year it moved by -19.

Ansted covers 1.72 square miles of land, for 749 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Ansted is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ansted is in

All of Ansted's residents live in Fayette County, which had 38,600 residents in 2024. Ansted holds 3.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ansted

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ansted by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 25812. 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 Ansted is

The Census internal point of Ansted is at 38.135400, -81.103500. Charleston, the capital, is 30.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fayetteville, WV (2,753 people), 4.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 147.9 miles away.

Daylight in Ansted

At 38.14° N, Ansted gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ansted

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Fayetteville, 4.9 miles away, with 2,753 people.