Weirton, West Virginia

Weirton population, 2020 to 2024

Weirton lost 798 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.2%. In the latest year it moved by -112. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 18th; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so Weirton is 1.9 times that size.

Weirton covers 18.06 square miles of land and 1.22 of water, for 1,014 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Weirton is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Weirton spans

Weirton crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 18,317 residents as follows; Hancock County holds 80.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Weirton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Weirton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26062. 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 Weirton is

The Census internal point of Weirton is at 40.406300, -80.565600. Charleston, the capital, is 153.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wheeling, WV (26,060 people), 24.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 31.1 miles away.

Daylight in Weirton

At 40.41° N, Weirton gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Weirton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Follansbee, 5.1 miles away, with 2,686 people.