West Virginia · Census place 5406340
Benwood, West Virginia
Benwood is a city in Marshall County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,204 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 90th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,204
- #90 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -5.0%
- -64 people
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- + 0.57 sq mi water
- Density
- 919 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Benwood population, 2020 to 2024
Benwood lost 64 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.0%. In the latest year it moved by -9.
Benwood covers 1.31 square miles of land and 0.57 of water, for 919 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Benwood is less dense than the typical town.
What county Benwood is in
All of Benwood's residents live in Marshall County, which had 29,354 residents in 2024. Benwood holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Benwood
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Benwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26031. 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 Benwood is
The Census internal point of Benwood is at 40.004600, -80.730600. Charleston, the capital, is 124.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bellaire, OH (3,745 people), 1.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 49.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.004600, -80.730600
- DMS
- 40°00'16.56"N 80°43'50.16"W
- UTM
- 17N 522994.4E 4428302.5N
- Geohash
- dpnedftg8
- Plus code
- 86GX2739+RQ
Daylight in Benwood
At 40.00° N, Benwood gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Benwood
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is McMechen, 1.3 miles away, with 1,604 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Benwood, WV?
1,204 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 64 (5.0%) from 1,268 in July 2020.
What county is Benwood in?
Marshall County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Benwood?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26031.
How far is Benwood from Charleston?
124.6 miles (200.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Benwood.
What is the nearest larger city to Benwood?
Bellaire, OH, with 3,745 residents, 1.2 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.