Hinton, West Virginia

Hinton population, 2020 to 2024

Hinton lost 112 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.9%. In the latest year it moved by -16.

Hinton covers 2.23 square miles of land and 0.80 of water, for 968 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Hinton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hinton is in

All of Hinton's residents live in Summers County, which had 11,544 residents in 2024. Hinton holds 18.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hinton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hinton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25951. 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 Hinton is

The Census internal point of Hinton is at 37.674600, -80.881100. Charleston, the capital, is 60.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Beckley, WV (16,515 people), 16.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 113.9 miles away.

Daylight in Hinton

At 37.67° N, Hinton gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hinton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Beckley, 16.8 miles away, with 16,515 people.