West Virginia · Census place 5451724
Marmet, West Virginia
Marmet is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,423 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 74th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,423
- #74 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -4.1%
- -61 people
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- + 0.14 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,120 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Marmet population, 2020 to 2024
Marmet lost 61 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.1%. In the latest year it moved by -8.
Marmet covers 1.27 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 1,120 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Marmet is less dense than the typical town.
What county Marmet is in
All of Marmet's residents live in Kanawha County, which had 173,906 residents in 2024. Marmet holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Marmet
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Marmet by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25315. 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 Marmet is
The Census internal point of Marmet is at 38.245700, -81.575400. Charleston, the capital, is 6.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Charleston, WV (46,482 people), 7.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 141.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.245700, -81.575400
- DMS
- 38°14'44.52"N 81°34'31.44"W
- UTM
- 17N 449650.2E 4233233.0N
- Geohash
- dnvcxdqt7
- Plus code
- 86CW6CWF+7R
Daylight in Marmet
At 38.25° N, Marmet gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Marmet
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Belle, 2.2 miles away, with 1,097 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Marmet, WV?
1,423 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 61 (4.1%) from 1,484 in July 2020.
What county is Marmet in?
Kanawha County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Marmet?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 25315.
How far is Marmet from Charleston?
6.5 miles (10.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Marmet.
What is the nearest larger city to Marmet?
Charleston, WV, with 46,482 residents, 7.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.