West Virginia · Census place 5431492
Glen Dale, West Virginia
Glen Dale is a city in Marshall County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,413 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 76th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,413
- #76 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -4.5%
- -66 people
- Land area
- 0.9 sq mi
- + 0.35 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,662 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Glen Dale population, 2020 to 2024
Glen Dale lost 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.5%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Glen Dale covers 0.85 square miles of land and 0.35 of water, for 1,662 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Glen Dale is close to the typical town.
What county Glen Dale is in
All of Glen Dale's residents live in Marshall County, which had 29,354 residents in 2024. Glen Dale holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Glen Dale
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Glen Dale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26038. 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 Glen Dale is
The Census internal point of Glen Dale is at 39.946400, -80.755400. Charleston, the capital, is 120.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Shadyside, OH (3,351 people), 1.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 53.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.946400, -80.755400
- DMS
- 39°56'47.04"N 80°45'19.44"W
- UTM
- 17N 520895.3E 4421836.8N
- Geohash
- dpne6258w
- Plus code
- 86FXW6WV+HR
Daylight in Glen Dale
At 39.95° N, Glen Dale gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Glen Dale
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Moundsville, 1.8 miles away, with 7,703 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Glen Dale, WV?
1,413 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 66 (4.5%) from 1,479 in July 2020.
What county is Glen Dale in?
Marshall County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Glen Dale?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26038.
How far is Glen Dale from Charleston?
120.4 miles (193.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Glen Dale.
What is the nearest larger city to Glen Dale?
Shadyside, OH, with 3,351 residents, 1.8 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.