West Virginia · Census place 5461636

Paden City, West Virginia

Paden City is a city in 2 counties of West Virginia with an estimated 2,388 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 51st largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,388
#51 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-5.7%
-145 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
2,809 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Paden City. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Charleston.

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Paden City population, 2020 to 2024

Paden City lost 145 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.7%. In the latest year it moved by -30.

2,53320202,48420212,44420222,41820232,3882024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,544. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Paden City covers 0.85 square miles of land, for 2,809 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Paden City is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Paden City spans

Paden City crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,388 residents as follows; Wetzel County holds 67.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Wetzel County1,614
  2. 02Tyler County774
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Paden City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Paden City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26159. 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 Paden City is

The Census internal point of Paden City is at 39.603000, -80.935400. Charleston, the capital, is 94.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Martinsville, WV (5,038 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 76.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.603000, -80.935400
DMS
39°36'10.80"N 80°56'7.44"W
UTM
17N 505546.0E 4383697.6N
Geohash
dpn3q388h
Plus code
86FXJ337+6R

Daylight in Paden City

At 39.60° N, Paden City gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Paden City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Sistersville, 4.5 miles away, with 1,309 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Paden City, WV?

2,388 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 145 (5.7%) from 2,533 in July 2020.

What county is Paden City in?

It spans 2 counties: Wetzel County (1,614 residents), Tyler County (774 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Paden City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26159.

How far is Paden City from Charleston?

94.8 miles (152.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Paden City.

What is the nearest larger city to Paden City?

New Martinsville, WV, with 5,038 residents, 4.8 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)

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