Philippi, West Virginia

Philippi population, 2020 to 2024

Philippi lost 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

Philippi covers 2.83 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,005 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Philippi is less dense than the typical town.

What county Philippi is in

All of Philippi's residents live in Barbour County, which had 15,369 residents in 2024. Philippi holds 18.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Philippi

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Philippi by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26416. 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 Philippi is

The Census internal point of Philippi is at 39.147300, -80.050400. Charleston, the capital, is 101.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grafton, WV (4,575 people), 13.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 89.4 miles away.

Daylight in Philippi

At 39.15° N, Philippi gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Philippi

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Belington, 10.9 miles away, with 1,795 people.