West Virginia · Census place 5415076
Chester, West Virginia
Chester is a city in Hancock County, West Virginia with an estimated 2,105 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 57th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,105
- #57 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -4.3%
- -94 people
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 2,105 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Chester population, 2020 to 2024
Chester lost 94 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.3%. In the latest year it moved by -13.
Chester covers 1.00 square miles of land, for 2,105 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Chester is denser than the typical town.
What county Chester is in
All of Chester's residents live in Hancock County, which had 28,054 residents in 2024. Chester holds 7.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Chester
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26034. 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 Chester is
The Census internal point of Chester is at 40.612900, -80.562700. Charleston, the capital, is 167.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is East Liverpool, OH (9,651 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 33.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.612900, -80.562700
- DMS
- 40°36'46.44"N 80°33'45.72"W
- UTM
- 17N 536992.0E 4495878.6N
- Geohash
- dpnxnc253
- Plus code
- 86GXJC7P+5W
Daylight in Chester
At 40.61° N, Chester gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Chester
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Weirton, 14.3 miles away, with 18,317 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Chester, WV?
2,105 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 94 (4.3%) from 2,199 in July 2020.
What county is Chester in?
Hancock County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Chester?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26034.
How far is Chester from Charleston?
167.0 miles (268.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Chester.
What is the nearest larger city to Chester?
East Liverpool, OH, with 9,651 residents, 1.4 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.