West Virginia · Census place 5474380

Sistersville, West Virginia

Sistersville is a city in Tyler County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,309 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 84th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,309
#84 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-6.6%
-92 people
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
2,470 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Sistersville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

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Sistersville population, 2020 to 2024

Sistersville lost 92 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -6.6%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

1,40120201,38420211,35620221,32220231,3092024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,405. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sistersville covers 0.53 square miles of land, for 2,470 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Sistersville is denser than the typical town.

What county Sistersville is in

All of Sistersville's residents live in Tyler County, which had 7,843 residents in 2024. Sistersville holds 16.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sistersville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sistersville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26175. 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 Sistersville is

The Census internal point of Sistersville is at 39.559800, -80.998700. Charleston, the capital, is 90.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Paden City, WV (2,388 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 81.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.559800, -80.998700
DMS
39°33'35.28"N 80°59'55.32"W
UTM
17N 500111.7E 4378901.2N
Geohash
dpn3hcds9
Plus code
86FXH252+WG

Daylight in Sistersville

At 39.56° N, Sistersville 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 Sistersville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Paden City, 4.5 miles away, with 2,388 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sistersville, WV?

1,309 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 92 (6.6%) from 1,401 in July 2020.

What county is Sistersville in?

Tyler County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Sistersville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26175.

How far is Sistersville from Charleston?

90.8 miles (146.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Sistersville.

What is the nearest larger city to Sistersville?

Paden City, WV, with 2,388 residents, 4.5 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.