West Virginia · Census place 5427028
Fayetteville, West Virginia
Fayetteville is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia with an estimated 2,753 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 45th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,753
- #45 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -4.8%
- -139 people
- Land area
- 5.8 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 477 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Fayetteville population, 2020 to 2024
Fayetteville lost 139 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.8%. In the latest year it moved by -37.
Fayetteville covers 5.77 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 477 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Fayetteville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Fayetteville is in
All of Fayetteville's residents live in Fayette County, which had 38,600 residents in 2024. Fayetteville holds 7.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fayetteville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fayetteville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 25840. 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 Fayetteville is
The Census internal point of Fayetteville is at 38.064100, -81.108700. Charleston, the capital, is 33.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oak Hill, WV (7,732 people), 6.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 143.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.064100, -81.108700
- DMS
- 38°03'50.76"N 81°06'31.32"W
- UTM
- 17N 490464.7E 4212932.7N
- Geohash
- dny2d367q
- Plus code
- 86CW3V7R+JG
Daylight in Fayetteville
At 38.06° N, Fayetteville gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fayetteville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Ansted, 4.9 miles away, with 1,288 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fayetteville, WV?
2,753 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 139 (4.8%) from 2,892 in July 2020.
What county is Fayetteville in?
Fayette County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fayetteville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 25840.
How far is Fayetteville from Charleston?
33.2 miles (53.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Fayetteville.
What is the nearest larger city to Fayetteville?
Oak Hill, WV, with 7,732 residents, 6.7 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.