West Virginia · Census place 5403292
Athens, West Virginia
Athens is a town in Mercer County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,178 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 95th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,178
- #95 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -2.7%
- -33 people
- Land area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Density
- 2,945 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Athens population, 2020 to 2024
Athens lost 33 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -7.
Athens covers 0.40 square miles of land, for 2,945 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Athens is denser than the typical town.
What county Athens is in
All of Athens's residents live in Mercer County, which had 57,524 residents in 2024. Athens holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Athens
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Athens by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24712. 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 Athens is
The Census internal point of Athens is at 37.420700, -81.012500. Charleston, the capital, is 71.2 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Princeton, WV (5,595 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 100.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.420700, -81.012500
- DMS
- 37°25'14.52"N 81°00'45.00"W
- UTM
- 17N 498894.0E 4141543.7N
- Geohash
- dnwkus0rr
- Plus code
- 869WCXCQ+72
Daylight in Athens
At 37.42° N, Athens gets about 14 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Athens
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Princeton, 5.8 miles away, with 5,595 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Athens, WV?
1,178 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 33 (2.7%) from 1,211 in July 2020.
What county is Athens in?
Mercer County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Athens?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 24712.
How far is Athens from Charleston?
71.2 miles (114.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Athens.
What is the nearest larger city to Athens?
Princeton, WV, with 5,595 residents, 5.8 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.
- 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.