Sophia, West Virginia

Sophia population, 2020 to 2024

Sophia lost 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.3%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

Sophia covers 0.70 square miles of land, for 1,544 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Sophia is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sophia is in

All of Sophia's residents live in Raleigh County, which had 72,379 residents in 2024. Sophia holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sophia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sophia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 25921. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Sophia is

The Census internal point of Sophia is at 37.707300, -81.253600. Charleston, the capital, is 47.6 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mabscott, WV (1,278 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 123.7 miles away.

Daylight in Sophia

At 37.71° N, Sophia gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sophia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Mabscott, 4.8 miles away, with 1,278 people.