Princeton, West Virginia

Princeton population, 2020 to 2024

Princeton lost 265 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.5%. In the latest year it moved by -55. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 21st; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so Princeton is 57% of it.

Princeton covers 3.01 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,859 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Princeton is close to the typical town.

What county Princeton is in

All of Princeton's residents live in Mercer County, which had 57,524 residents in 2024. Princeton holds 9.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Princeton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Princeton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 24740. 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 Princeton is

The Census internal point of Princeton is at 37.368800, -81.096200. Charleston, the capital, is 72.5 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bluefield, WV (9,157 people), 9.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 98.9 miles away.

Daylight in Princeton

At 37.37° N, Princeton gets about 14 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Princeton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Athens, 5.8 miles away, with 1,178 people.