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Norton city, Virginia

An independent city in Virginia, ranked 132 of 133 by population.

Independent cityFIPS 51720

Within Virginia
Norton city, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Norton city, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
3,477
-203 (-5.5%) since 2020
Land area
7.5
square miles. A further 0.5% of the total area is water
Population density
465
people per square mile, computed rather than published
Seat
Norton city
Norton city is its own seat.
Established
1894
131 years ago
Largest city
Norton city
Population 3,477.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Norton city with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Norton city, Virginia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 799 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Norton city ranks

Position among the 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn VirginiaNationally
Population3,477132nd of 1332,922nd of 3,144
Land area7.5 sq mi126th of 1333,137th of 3,144
Population density465 per sq mi46th of 133304th of 3,144
Median household income$41,495132nd of 1333,047th of 3,143

Full data for Norton city

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population3,477Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 20203,680Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?3,696Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area7.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.03 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area7.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?465 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$41,495American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$110,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households1,605American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units1,764American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-20
43 births, 63 deaths
Net migration
-19
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The one area bordering Norton city

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Wise CountyVirginia19 mi34,824

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.