West Virginia · Census place 5476516

Star City, West Virginia

Star City is a town in Monongalia County, West Virginia with an estimated 1,803 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 60th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,803; #60 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020: +2.0%; +35 people
Land area: 0.5 sq mi; + 0.10 sq mi water
Density: 3,680 / sq mi; State median 1,823

Orange pin: Star City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

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Star City population, 2020 to 2024

Star City added 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,766. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Star City covers 0.49 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 3,680 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Star City is denser than the typical town.

What county Star City is in

All of Star City's residents live in Monongalia County, which had 108,697 residents in 2024. Star City holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Star City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Star City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 26505. 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 Star City is

The Census internal point of Star City is at 39.659200, -79.986600. Charleston, the capital, is 126.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Westover, WV (4,088 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 53.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 39.659200, -79.986600
DMS: 39°39'33.12"N 79°59'11.76"W
UTM: 17N 586932.9E 4390423.6N
Geohash: dpp1egex9
Plus code: 87F2M257+M9

Daylight in Star City

At 39.66° N, Star City gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Star City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Granville, 1.0 miles away, with 1,378 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Star City, WV?

1,803 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 35 (2.0%) from 1,768 in July 2020.

What county is Star City in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Star City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26505.

How far is Star City from Charleston?

126.4 miles (203.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Star City.

What is the nearest larger city to Star City?

Westover, WV, with 4,088 residents, 1.7 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.

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