West Virginia · Census place 5455468

Montgomery, West Virginia

Montgomery is a city in 2 counties of West Virginia with an estimated 1,198 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 92nd largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,198
#92 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-4.8%
-61 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
+ 0.15 sq mi water
Density
740 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Montgomery. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Charleston.

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Montgomery population, 2020 to 2024

Montgomery lost 61 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.8%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

1,25920201,24320211,22220221,21120231,1982024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,263. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Montgomery covers 1.62 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 740 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Montgomery is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Montgomery spans

Montgomery crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,198 residents as follows; Fayette County holds 52.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Fayette County629
  2. 02Kanawha County569
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Montgomery

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Montgomery by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25136. 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 Montgomery is

The Census internal point of Montgomery is at 38.173400, -81.319700. Charleston, the capital, is 19.4 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ansted, WV (1,288 people), 12.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 153.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.173400, -81.319700
DMS
38°10'24.24"N 81°19'10.92"W
UTM
17N 471997.4E 4225102.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CW5MFJ+94

Daylight in Montgomery

At 38.17° N, Montgomery gets about 14 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Montgomery

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Ansted, 12.0 miles away, with 1,288 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Montgomery, WV?

1,198 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 61 (4.8%) from 1,259 in July 2020.

What county is Montgomery in?

It spans 2 counties: Fayette County (629 residents), Kanawha County (569 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Montgomery?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 25136.

How far is Montgomery from Charleston?

19.4 miles (31.3 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Montgomery.

What is the nearest larger city to Montgomery?

Ansted, WV, with 1,288 residents, 12.1 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.