Beckley, West Virginia

Beckley population, 2020 to 2024

Beckley lost 699 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.1%. In the latest year it moved by -93. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 16th; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so Beckley is 1.7 times that size.

Beckley covers 9.50 square miles of land, for 1,738 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Beckley is close to the typical town.

What county Beckley is in

All of Beckley's residents live in Raleigh County, which had 72,379 residents in 2024. Beckley holds 22.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Beckley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Beckley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25801. 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 Beckley is

The Census internal point of Beckley is at 37.773100, -81.161500. Charleston, the capital, is 46.0 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Charleston, WV (46,482 people), 47.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 125.6 miles away.

Daylight in Beckley

At 37.77° N, Beckley gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Beckley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Mabscott, 2.8 miles away, with 1,278 people.