Dunbar, West Virginia

Dunbar population, 2020 to 2024

Dunbar lost 346 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.6%. In the latest year it moved by -50. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 22nd; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so Dunbar is 72% of it.

Dunbar covers 2.80 square miles of land, for 2,540 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Dunbar is denser than the typical town.

What county Dunbar is in

All of Dunbar's residents live in Kanawha County, which had 173,906 residents in 2024. Dunbar holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dunbar

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dunbar by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25064. 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 Dunbar is

The Census internal point of Dunbar is at 38.369500, -81.736100. Charleston, the capital, is 7.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is South Charleston, WV (13,177 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 130.1 miles away.

Daylight in Dunbar

At 38.37° N, Dunbar 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 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dunbar

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is South Charleston, 2.4 miles away, with 13,177 people.