New Martinsville, West Virginia

New Martinsville population, 2020 to 2024

New Martinsville lost 166 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.2%. In the latest year it moved by -78. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 12th; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so New Martinsville is 51% of it.

New Martinsville covers 2.67 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,887 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so New Martinsville is close to the typical town.

What county New Martinsville is in

All of New Martinsville's residents live in Wetzel County, which had 13,766 residents in 2024. New Martinsville holds 36.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Martinsville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New Martinsville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26155. 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 New Martinsville is

The Census internal point of New Martinsville is at 39.645600, -80.862700. Charleston, the capital, is 99.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Moundsville, WV (7,703 people), 20.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 72.2 miles away.

Daylight in New Martinsville

At 39.65° N, New Martinsville gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near New Martinsville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Paden City, 4.9 miles away, with 2,388 people.