Charlton Heights, West Virginia

Community	2016 ^<1> Population	Direction	Distance ^<2>
Charleston	49,138	NW	26 miles [41.8 km]
Beckley	16,972	S	24 miles [38.6 km]
Oak Hill	8,544	SE	10 miles [16.1 km]

Fayette County ...

Charlton Heights is located in Fayette County.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Fayette County.

Population Rings for Charlton Heights ...

To help identify the number of people who live in Charlton Heights and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Charlton Heights. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<3> We don't have the population of Charlton Heights, so its people haven't been included.

Radius	No of Communities	2016 Population	Change Since 2010
5 mi [8 km]	3	1,362	-4.56%
10 mi [16 km]	9	16,630	+3.67%
15 mi [24 km]	14	19,524	+2.35%
20 mi [32 km]	20	25,590	+0.43%
25 mi [40 km]	25	48,983	-1.62%
30 mi [48 km]	32	114,724	-3.19%

Miscellaneous Information for Charlton Heights ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has referenced one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Fayette County or the community of Charlton Heights:

The GNIS Codes ...

The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Charlton Heights:

GNIS ID for Charlton Heights: 1537222

GNIS ID for Fayette County: 1560095

GNIS ID for West Virginia: 1779805

The FIPS Codes ...

An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):

State Code: 54 (West Virginia)

County Code: 019 (Fayette County)

Place Code: 14630 (Charlton Heights)

State & County Code: 54/019 (West Virginia / Fayette County)

State & Place Code: 54/14630 (West Virginia / Charlton Heights)

Misc. Census Codes ...

Charlton Heights is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Charlton Heights.

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Off-the-Road Links ...

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The official website of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Footnotes ...

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance starting from Charlton Heights. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Charlton Heights) to Point B. Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Charlton Heights. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.1237, Longitude: -81.2340 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Charlton Heights have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). - Return to Citation
<3>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2010 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation

For additional information, please visit our Glossary for Charlton Heights.