West Virginia · Census place 5444044

Kingwood, West Virginia

Kingwood is a city in Preston County, West Virginia with an estimated 2,953 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 39th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,953
#39 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-25 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
1,215 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Kingwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

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Kingwood population, 2020 to 2024

Kingwood lost 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

2,97820202,98620212,97120222,95420232,9532024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,980. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kingwood covers 2.43 square miles of land, for 1,215 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Kingwood is less dense than the typical town.

What county Kingwood is in

All of Kingwood's residents live in Preston County, which had 34,055 residents in 2024. Kingwood holds 8.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kingwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kingwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26537. 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 Kingwood is

The Census internal point of Kingwood is at 39.472000, -79.682200. Charleston, the capital, is 130.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Morgantown, WV (30,490 people), 18.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 68.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.472000, -79.682200
DMS
39°28'19.20"N 79°40'55.92"W
UTM
17N 613350.5E 4369985.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
87F2F8C9+R4

Daylight in Kingwood

At 39.47° N, Kingwood gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kingwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Terra Alta, 7.6 miles away, with 1,413 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kingwood, WV?

2,953 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 25 (0.8%) from 2,978 in July 2020.

What county is Kingwood in?

Preston County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Kingwood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26537.

How far is Kingwood from Charleston?

130.1 miles (209.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Kingwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Kingwood?

Morgantown, WV, with 30,490 residents, 18.1 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.