West Virginia · Census place 5415028
Chesapeake, West Virginia
Chesapeake is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,281 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 87th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,281
- #87 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -3.8%
- -50 people
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- + 0.16 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,669 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Chesapeake population, 2020 to 2024
Chesapeake lost 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Chesapeake covers 0.48 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 2,669 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Chesapeake is denser than the typical town.
What county Chesapeake is in
All of Chesapeake's residents live in Kanawha County, which had 173,906 residents in 2024. Chesapeake holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Chesapeake
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Chesapeake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 25214, 25315. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Chesapeake is
The Census internal point of Chesapeake is at 38.222900, -81.536200. Charleston, the capital, is 8.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marmet, WV (1,423 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 144.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.222900, -81.536200
- DMS
- 38°13'22.44"N 81°32'10.32"W
- UTM
- 17N 453065.8E 4230682.6N
- Geohash
- dny12w70s
- Plus code
- 86CW6FF7+5G
Daylight in Chesapeake
At 38.22° N, Chesapeake gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Chesapeake
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Belle, 0.9 miles away, with 1,097 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Chesapeake, WV?
1,281 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 50 (3.8%) from 1,331 in July 2020.
What county is Chesapeake in?
Kanawha County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Chesapeake?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 25214, 25315.
How far is Chesapeake from Charleston?
8.8 miles (14.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Chesapeake.
What is the nearest larger city to Chesapeake?
Marmet, WV, with 1,423 residents, 2.7 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.