West Virginia · Census place 5414308

Ceredo, West Virginia

Ceredo is a city in Wayne County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,334 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 82nd largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,334
#82 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-4.9%
-69 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
+ 0.73 sq mi water
Density
1,018 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Ceredo. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

Ceredo population, 2020 to 2024

Ceredo lost 69 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.9%. In the latest year it moved by -10.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,407. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ceredo covers 1.31 square miles of land and 0.73 of water, for 1,018 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Ceredo is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ceredo is in

All of Ceredo's residents live in Wayne County, which had 37,589 residents in 2024. Ceredo holds 3.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ceredo

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Ceredo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25507, 25704. 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 Ceredo is

The Census internal point of Ceredo is at 38.395700, -82.548400. Charleston, the capital, is 50.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kenova, WV (2,877 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 106.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.395700, -82.548400
DMS
38°23'44.52"N 82°32'54.24"W
UTM
17N 364784.5E 4250855.2N
Geohash
dnv63tdp4
Plus code
86CV9FW2+7J

Daylight in Ceredo

At 38.40° N, Ceredo gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ceredo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Kenova, 1.9 miles away, with 2,877 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ceredo, WV?

1,334 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 69 (4.9%) from 1,403 in July 2020.

What county is Ceredo in?

Wayne County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Ceredo?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 25507, 25704.

How far is Ceredo from Charleston?

50.9 miles (81.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Ceredo.

What is the nearest larger city to Ceredo?

Kenova, WV, with 2,877 residents, 1.9 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.