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Winchester city, Virginia

An independent city in Virginia, ranked 66 of 133 by population.

Independent cityFIPS 51840

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

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Population
28,272
+269 (+1.0%) since 2020
Land area
9.2
square miles. A further 0.2% of the total area is water
Population density
3,075
people per square mile, computed rather than published
Seat
Winchester city
Winchester city is its own seat.
Established
1752
273 years ago
Largest city
Winchester city
Population 28,272.

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 Winchester 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 Winchester 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 565 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 Winchester 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
Population28,27266th of 1331,502nd of 3,144
Land area9.2 sq mi121st of 1333,132nd of 3,144
Population density3,075 per sq mi11th of 13334th of 3,144
Median household income$63,97480th of 1331,710th of 3,143

Full data for Winchester city

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population28,272Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202028,003Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?28,114Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area9.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.02 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area9.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?3,075 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$63,974American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$343,000American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age36.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households11,492American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units12,541American 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
+101
373 births, 272 deaths
Net migration
+86
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 Winchester 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
Frederick CountyVirginia15 mi99,955

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.