Martinsburg, West Virginia

Martinsburg population, 2020 to 2024

Martinsburg added 314 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +80. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 4th; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so Martinsburg is 1.9 times that size.

Martinsburg covers 6.63 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,873 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Martinsburg is denser than the typical town.

What county Martinsburg is in

All of Martinsburg's residents live in Berkeley County, which had 136,287 residents in 2024. Martinsburg holds 14.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Martinsburg

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Martinsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25401, 25403, 25404. 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 Martinsburg is

The Census internal point of Martinsburg is at 39.457800, -77.978200. Charleston, the capital, is 210.2 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hagerstown, MD (43,909 people), 18.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Washington, DC, 64.1 miles away.

Daylight in Martinsburg

At 39.46° N, Martinsburg gets about 14 h 57 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 Martinsburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Shepherdstown, 9.4 miles away, with 1,524 people.