Charles Town, West Virginia

Charles Town population, 2020 to 2024

Charles Town added 2,343 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +35.9%. In the latest year it moved by +1,207. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 1st; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so Charles Town is 90% of it.

Charles Town covers 5.87 square miles of land, for 1,511 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Charles Town is less dense than the typical town.

What county Charles Town is in

All of Charles Town's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 61,264 residents in 2024. Charles Town holds 14.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Charles Town

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Charles Town by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25414. 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 Charles Town is

The Census internal point of Charles Town is at 39.264000, -77.881300. Charleston, the capital, is 210.9 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Purcellville, VA (8,965 people), 12.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Washington, DC, 52.6 miles away.

Daylight in Charles Town

At 39.26° N, Charles Town gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Charles Town

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Ranson, 3.2 miles away, with 6,035 people.