Nitro, West Virginia

Nitro population, 2020 to 2024

Nitro lost 234 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.5%. In the latest year it moved by -27. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 14th; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so Nitro is 65% of it.

Nitro covers 5.35 square miles of land and 0.57 of water, for 1,190 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Nitro is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Nitro spans

Nitro crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 6,366 residents as follows; Kanawha County holds 82.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Nitro

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Nitro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25064, 25143. 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 Nitro is

The Census internal point of Nitro is at 38.411600, -81.807800. Charleston, the capital, is 11.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. Albans, WV (10,301 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 125.6 miles away.

Daylight in Nitro

At 38.41° N, Nitro gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Nitro

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is St. Albans, 2.4 miles away, with 10,301 people.