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Staunton city, Virginia

An independent city in Virginia, ranked 69 of 133 by population.

Independent cityFIPS 51790

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

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Population
26,801
+991 (+3.8%) since 2020
Land area
19.9
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
1,345
people per square mile, computed rather than published
Seat
Staunton city
Staunton city is its own seat.
Established
1747
278 years ago
Largest city
Staunton city
Population 26,801.

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 Staunton 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 Staunton 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 800 by 777 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 Staunton 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
Population26,80169th of 1331,545th of 3,144
Land area19.9 sq mi108th of 1333,118th of 3,144
Population density1,345 per sq mi30th of 133121st of 3,144
Median household income$65,58176th of 1331,585th of 3,143

Full data for Staunton city

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population26,801Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202025,810Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?25,750Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area19.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.06 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area20.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,345 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$65,581American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$259,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age39.9American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,309American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,397American 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
-66
314 births, 380 deaths
Net migration
+611
More people moved in than moved out.

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

The one area bordering Staunton 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
Augusta CountyVirginia19 mi78,940

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.