Moundsville, West Virginia

Moundsville population, 2020 to 2024

Moundsville lost 364 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.5%. In the latest year it moved by -52. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 20th; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so Moundsville is 78% of it.

Moundsville covers 2.91 square miles of land and 0.45 of water, for 2,647 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Moundsville is denser than the typical town.

What county Moundsville is in

All of Moundsville's residents live in Marshall County, which had 29,354 residents in 2024. Moundsville holds 26.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Moundsville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Moundsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26041. 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 Moundsville is

The Census internal point of Moundsville is at 39.922100, -80.742100. Charleston, the capital, is 119.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wheeling, WV (26,060 people), 10.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 54.0 miles away.

Daylight in Moundsville

At 39.92° N, Moundsville gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Moundsville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Glen Dale, 1.8 miles away, with 1,413 people.