West Virginia · Census place 5485996

Westover, West Virginia

Westover is a city in Monongalia County, West Virginia with an estimated 4,088 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 30th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,088
#30 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
+2.9%
+116 people
Land area
3.1 sq mi
Density
1,340 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Westover. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

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Westover population, 2020 to 2024

Westover added 116 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +41.

3,97220203,99820214,01320224,04720234,0882024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,968. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Westover covers 3.05 square miles of land, for 1,340 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Westover is less dense than the typical town.

What county Westover is in

All of Westover's residents live in Monongalia County, which had 108,697 residents in 2024. Westover holds 3.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Westover

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Westover by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26501. 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 Westover is

The Census internal point of Westover is at 39.633800, -79.990000. Charleston, the capital, is 125.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Morgantown, WV (30,490 people), 2.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 55.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.633800, -79.990000
DMS
39°38'1.68"N 79°59'24.00"W
UTM
17N 586672.9E 4387601.2N
Geohash
dpp17z159
Plus code
87F2J2M5+GX

Daylight in Westover

At 39.63° N, Westover 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 Westover

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Granville, 1.1 miles away, with 1,378 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Westover, WV?

4,088 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 116 (2.9%) from 3,972 in July 2020.

What county is Westover in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Westover?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 26501.

How far is Westover from Charleston?

125.0 miles (201.2 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Westover.

What is the nearest larger city to Westover?

Morgantown, WV, with 30,490 residents, 2.3 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.