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Radford city, Virginia

An independent city in Virginia, ranked 87 of 133 by population.

Independent cityFIPS 51750

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

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Population
17,243
+1,126 (+7.0%) since 2020
Land area
9.7
square miles. A further 3.3% of the total area is water
Population density
1,782
people per square mile, computed rather than published
Seat
Radford city
Radford city is its own seat.
Established
1887
138 years ago
Largest city
Radford city
Population 17,243.

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 Radford 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 Radford 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 706 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 Radford 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
Population17,24387th of 1331,965th of 3,144
Land area9.7 sq mi120th of 1333,131st of 3,144
Population density1,782 per sq mi22nd of 13382nd of 3,144
Median household income$57,34899th of 1332,305th of 3,143

Full data for Radford city

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population17,243Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202016,117Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?16,066Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area9.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area0.33 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area10.0 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?1,782 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,348American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$220,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age23.3American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households5,540American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units6,459American 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
+1
151 births, 150 deaths
Net migration
+2
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 2 areas bordering Radford 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
Montgomery CountyVirginia14 mi98,434
Pulaski CountyVirginia7.1 mi33,586

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.