West Virginia · Census place 5464708
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Point Pleasant is a city in Mason County, West Virginia with an estimated 3,886 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 31st largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,886
- #31 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -4.2%
- -170 people
- Land area
- 2.4 sq mi
- + 0.68 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,606 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Point Pleasant population, 2020 to 2024
Point Pleasant lost 170 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.2%. In the latest year it moved by -21.
Point Pleasant covers 2.42 square miles of land and 0.68 of water, for 1,606 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Point Pleasant is less dense than the typical town.
What county Point Pleasant is in
All of Point Pleasant's residents live in Mason County, which had 24,770 residents in 2024. Point Pleasant holds 15.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Point Pleasant
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Point Pleasant by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25550. 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 Point Pleasant is
The Census internal point of Point Pleasant is at 38.850200, -82.132000. Charleston, the capital, is 45.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wellston, OH (5,493 people), 28.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 90.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.850200, -82.132000
- DMS
- 38°51'0.72"N 82°07'55.20"W
- UTM
- 17N 401770.4E 4300762.1N
- Geohash
- dnvt503qc
- Plus code
- 86CVVV29+36
Daylight in Point Pleasant
At 38.85° N, Point Pleasant gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Point Pleasant
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is New Haven, 13.0 miles away, with 1,414 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Point Pleasant, WV?
3,886 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 170 (4.2%) from 4,056 in July 2020.
What county is Point Pleasant in?
Mason County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Point Pleasant?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 25550.
How far is Point Pleasant from Charleston?
45.3 miles (72.9 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Point Pleasant.
What is the nearest larger city to Point Pleasant?
Wellston, OH, with 5,493 residents, 28.6 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.