West Virginia · Census place 5477980
Summersville, West Virginia
Summersville is a city in Nicholas County, West Virginia with an estimated 3,326 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 37th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,326
- #37 of 100 in West Virginia
- Change since 2020
- -2.9%
- -98 people
- Land area
- 4.5 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 741 / sq mi
- State median 1,823
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Summersville population, 2020 to 2024
Summersville lost 98 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -16.
Summersville covers 4.49 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 741 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Summersville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Summersville is in
All of Summersville's residents live in Nicholas County, which had 24,017 residents in 2024. Summersville holds 13.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Summersville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Summersville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26651. 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 Summersville is
The Census internal point of Summersville is at 38.287000, -80.841500. Charleston, the capital, is 41.9 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oak Hill, WV (7,732 people), 27.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Winston-Salem, NC, 154.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.287000, -80.841500
- DMS
- 38°17'13.20"N 80°50'29.40"W
- UTM
- 17N 513861.5E 4237670.9N
- Geohash
- dny9b3vjb
- Plus code
- 86CX75P5+RC
Daylight in Summersville
At 38.29° N, Summersville gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Summersville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Richwood, 17.1 miles away, with 1,607 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Summersville, WV?
3,326 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 98 (2.9%) from 3,424 in July 2020.
What county is Summersville in?
Nicholas County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Summersville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26651.
How far is Summersville from Charleston?
41.9 miles (67.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Summersville.
What is the nearest larger city to Summersville?
Oak Hill, WV, with 7,732 residents, 27.6 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.