West Virginia · Census place 5446636

Lewisburg, West Virginia

Lewisburg is a city in Greenbrier County, West Virginia with an estimated 3,765 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 33rd largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,765
#33 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-4.0%
-155 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
Density
991 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Lewisburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

Lewisburg population, 2020 to 2024

Lewisburg lost 155 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.0%. In the latest year it moved by -22.

3,92020203,88020213,82720223,78720233,7652024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,931. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lewisburg covers 3.80 square miles of land, for 991 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Lewisburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lewisburg is in

All of Lewisburg's residents live in Greenbrier County, which had 31,851 residents in 2024. Lewisburg holds 11.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lewisburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lewisburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 24901. 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 Lewisburg is

The Census internal point of Lewisburg is at 37.809400, -80.432600. Charleston, the capital, is 73.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Covington, VA (5,663 people), 24.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 118.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.809400, -80.432600
DMS
37°48'33.84"N 80°25'57.36"W
UTM
17N 549945.1E 4184819.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
869XRH58+QX

Daylight in Lewisburg

At 37.81° N, Lewisburg gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lewisburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Ronceverte, 4.5 miles away, with 1,510 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lewisburg, WV?

3,765 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 155 (4.0%) from 3,920 in July 2020.

What county is Lewisburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lewisburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 24901.

How far is Lewisburg from Charleston?

73.7 miles (118.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Lewisburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Lewisburg?

Covington, VA, with 5,663 residents, 24.5 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.