Buckhannon, West Virginia

Buckhannon population, 2020 to 2024

Buckhannon lost 131 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -9. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 9th; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so Buckhannon is 51% of it.

Buckhannon covers 2.85 square miles of land, for 1,772 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Buckhannon is close to the typical town.

What county Buckhannon is in

All of Buckhannon's residents live in Upshur County, which had 23,650 residents in 2024. Buckhannon holds 21.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Buckhannon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Buckhannon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26201. 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 Buckhannon is

The Census internal point of Buckhannon is at 38.992700, -80.228200. Charleston, the capital, is 87.4 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clarksburg, WV (15,262 people), 20.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 100.9 miles away.

Daylight in Buckhannon

At 38.99° N, Buckhannon gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Buckhannon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Weston, 13.0 miles away, with 3,758 people.