West Virginia · Census place 5487988

Winfield, West Virginia

Winfield is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia with an estimated 2,428 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 50th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,428
#50 of 100 in West Virginia
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-33 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
+ 0.26 sq mi water
Density
1,029 / sq mi
State median 1,823
Orange pin: Winfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Charleston.

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Winfield population, 2020 to 2024

Winfield lost 33 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -5.

2,46120202,45920212,44720222,43320232,4282024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,459. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Winfield covers 2.36 square miles of land and 0.26 of water, for 1,029 people per square mile of land. The median West Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,823, so Winfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Winfield is in

All of Winfield's residents live in Putnam County, which had 57,067 residents in 2024. Winfield holds 4.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Winfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Winfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 25213. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Winfield is

The Census internal point of Winfield is at 38.526700, -81.885500. Charleston, the capital, is 19.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Nitro, WV (6,366 people), 9.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 116.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.526700, -81.885500
DMS
38°31'36.12"N 81°53'7.80"W
UTM
17N 422814.1E 4264627.6N
Geohash
dnvg0tsf3
Plus code
86CWG4G7+MR

Daylight in Winfield

At 38.53° N, Winfield gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Winfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in West Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Eleanor, 2.2 miles away, with 1,523 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Winfield, WV?

2,428 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 33 (1.3%) from 2,461 in July 2020.

What county is Winfield in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Winfield?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 25213.

How far is Winfield from Charleston?

19.8 miles (31.9 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Winfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Winfield?

Nitro, WV, with 6,366 residents, 9.0 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.