West Virginia · Census place 5485324

Wellsburg, West Virginia

Wellsburg is a city in Brooke County, West Virginia with an estimated 2,280 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 52nd largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,280
#52 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-6.3%
-154 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
+ 0.36 sq mi water
Density
2,351 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Wellsburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

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Wellsburg population, 2020 to 2024

Wellsburg lost 154 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -6.3%. In the latest year it moved by -22.

2,43420202,38420212,34120222,30220232,2802024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,445. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wellsburg covers 0.97 square miles of land and 0.36 of water, for 2,351 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Wellsburg is denser than the typical town.

What county Wellsburg is in

All of Wellsburg's residents live in Brooke County, which had 21,285 residents in 2024. Wellsburg holds 10.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wellsburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wellsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26070. 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 Wellsburg is

The Census internal point of Wellsburg is at 40.280900, -80.610600. Charleston, the capital, is 144.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mingo Junction, OH (3,250 people), 3.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 35.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.280900, -80.610600
DMS
40°16'51.24"N 80°36'38.16"W
UTM
17N 533102.5E 4459007.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GX79JQ+9Q

Daylight in Wellsburg

At 40.28° N, Wellsburg gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wellsburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Follansbee, 3.9 miles away, with 2,686 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wellsburg, WV?

2,280 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 154 (6.3%) from 2,434 in July 2020.

What county is Wellsburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wellsburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26070.

How far is Wellsburg from Charleston?

144.6 miles (232.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Wellsburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Wellsburg?

Mingo Junction, OH, with 3,250 residents, 3.1 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)

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