Hurricane, West Virginia

Hurricane population, 2020 to 2024

Hurricane lost 140 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +11. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 7th; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so Hurricane is 69% of it.

Hurricane covers 3.71 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,836 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Hurricane is close to the typical town.

What county Hurricane is in

All of Hurricane's residents live in Putnam County, which had 57,067 residents in 2024. Hurricane holds 11.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hurricane

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hurricane by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25526. 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 Hurricane is

The Census internal point of Hurricane is at 38.427500, -82.018100. Charleston, the capital, is 22.9 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Albans, WV (10,301 people), 11.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 119.4 miles away.

Daylight in Hurricane

At 38.43° N, Hurricane 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 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hurricane

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Milton, 6.4 miles away, with 2,799 people.