Fairmont, West Virginia

Fairmont population, 2020 to 2024

Fairmont lost 351 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -85. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 6th; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so Fairmont is 1.8 times that size.

Fairmont covers 8.60 square miles of land and 0.38 of water, for 2,100 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Fairmont is denser than the typical town.

What county Fairmont is in

All of Fairmont's residents live in Marion County, which had 55,649 residents in 2024. Fairmont holds 32.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fairmont

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fairmont by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26554. 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 Fairmont is

The Census internal point of Fairmont is at 39.476900, -80.149100. Charleston, the capital, is 111.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Morgantown, WV (30,490 people), 15.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 67.2 miles away.

Daylight in Fairmont

At 39.48° N, Fairmont gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fairmont

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Pleasant Valley, 1.7 miles away, with 3,470 people.