Kenova, West Virginia

Kenova population, 2020 to 2024

Kenova lost 150 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.0%. In the latest year it moved by -27.

Kenova covers 1.32 square miles of land and 0.34 of water, for 2,180 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Kenova is denser than the typical town.

What county Kenova is in

All of Kenova's residents live in Wayne County, which had 37,589 residents in 2024. Kenova holds 7.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kenova

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kenova by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25530. 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 Kenova is

The Census internal point of Kenova is at 38.402200, -82.582100. Charleston, the capital, is 52.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is South Point, OH (3,663 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 104.9 miles away.

Daylight in Kenova

At 38.40° N, Kenova 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 Kenova

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Ceredo, 1.9 miles away, with 1,334 people.