Wheeling, West Virginia

Wheeling population, 2020 to 2024

Wheeling lost 853 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.2%. In the latest year it moved by -105. Among 26 West Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by -3.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in West Virginia has 9,849 people, so Wheeling is 2.6 times that size.

Wheeling covers 13.60 square miles of land and 2.28 of water, for 1,916 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Wheeling is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Wheeling spans

Wheeling crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 26,060 residents as follows; Ohio County holds 98.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wheeling

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wheeling by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 26003. 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 Wheeling is

The Census internal point of Wheeling is at 40.073800, -80.696000. Charleston, the capital, is 129.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bethel Park, PA (32,376 people), 38.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 45.6 miles away.

Daylight in Wheeling

At 40.07° N, Wheeling gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wheeling

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Bethlehem, 2.0 miles away, with 2,563 people.