Clarksburg, West Virginia

Clarksburg population, 2020 to 2024

Clarksburg lost 651 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.1%. In the latest year it moved by -95. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 17th; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so Clarksburg is 1.5 times that size.

Clarksburg covers 9.72 square miles of land, for 1,570 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Clarksburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Clarksburg is in

All of Clarksburg's residents live in Harrison County, which had 64,472 residents in 2024. Clarksburg holds 23.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clarksburg

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Clarksburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26301, 26330. 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 Clarksburg is

The Census internal point of Clarksburg is at 39.270300, -80.361800. Charleston, the capital, is 93.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fairmont, WV (18,063 people), 18.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 83.4 miles away.

Daylight in Clarksburg

At 39.27° N, Clarksburg 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 Clarksburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Nutter Fort, 2.0 miles away, with 1,450 people.