Ranson, West Virginia

Ranson population, 2020 to 2024

Ranson added 558 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.2%. In the latest year it moved by +326. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so Ranson is 61% of it.

Ranson covers 8.10 square miles of land, for 745 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Ranson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ranson is in

All of Ranson's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 61,264 residents in 2024. Ranson holds 9.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ranson

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Ranson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the corporation's land: 25430, 25438. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a corporation that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Ranson is

The Census internal point of Ranson is at 39.310100, -77.883000. Charleston, the capital, is 211.7 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Charles Town, WV (8,869 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Washington, DC, 54.2 miles away.

Daylight in Ranson

At 39.31° N, Ranson gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ranson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Charles Town, 3.2 miles away, with 8,869 people.