West Virginia · Census place 5471212

St. Albans, West Virginia

St. Albans is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia with an estimated 10,301 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 13th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,301
#13 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-4.8%
-520 people
Land area
3.6 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
2,846 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: St. Albans. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

St. Albans population, 2020 to 2024

St. Albans lost 520 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.8%. In the latest year it moved by -71. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 25th; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so St. Albans is 1.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,861. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

St. Albans covers 3.62 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 2,846 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so St. Albans is denser than the typical town.

What county St. Albans is in

All of St. Albans's residents live in Kanawha County, which had 173,906 residents in 2024. St. Albans holds 5.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in St. Albans

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps St. Albans by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 25177. 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 St. Albans is

The Census internal point of St. Albans is at 38.377600, -81.819300. Charleston, the capital, is 11.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is South Charleston, WV (13,177 people), 6.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 127.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.377600, -81.819300
DMS
38°22'39.36"N 81°49'9.48"W
UTM
17N 428437.5E 4248029.5N
Geohash
dnvf64mj8
Plus code
86CW95HJ+27

Daylight in St. Albans

At 38.38° N, St. Albans gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near St. Albans

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Nitro, 2.4 miles away, with 6,366 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of St. Albans, WV?

10,301 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 520 (4.8%) from 10,821 in July 2020.

What county is St. Albans in?

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

What ZIP codes cover St. Albans?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 25177.

How far is St. Albans from Charleston?

11.6 miles (18.7 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from St. Albans.

What is the nearest larger city to St. Albans?

South Charleston, WV, with 13,177 residents, 6.4 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)

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