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Winchester, VA-WV Metro Area

The Winchester, VA-WV metro area is made up of 3 counties and independent cities in Virginia and West Virginia: Frederick, Winchester city, and Hampshire, largest first. About 152,332 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 6.8% more than in April 2020.

Frederick County, centralWinchester city, centralHampshire County, outlyingWinchester
Central Outlying 3 counties and independent cities in Virginia and West Virginia
Population, July 2025
152,332 6.8% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties and independent cities
3: 2 central, 1 outlying
Land area
1,063 sq mi (2,752 km²)
Time zone
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in July
States
Virginia, West Virginia
Combined statistical area
Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
CBSA code
49020
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Counties and independent cities in the Winchester, VA-WV metro area, largest first

County or independent cityRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Frederick CountyVirginiaCentral99,95565.6%
Winchester cityVirginiaCentral28,27218.6%
Hampshire CountyWest VirginiaOutlying24,10515.8%

A central county or independent city holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county or independent city is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central counties and independent cities, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county or independent city belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Winchester27,913 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 8 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area6,465,724 people
  2. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area2,857,781 people
  3. Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area315,280 people
  4. Lexington Park, MD Metro Area211,176 people
  5. Chambersburg, PA Metro Area160,652 people
  6. Lake of the Woods, VA Micro Area40,083 people
  7. Easton, MD Micro Area38,238 people
  8. Cambridge, MD Micro Area33,628 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county or independent city on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metro Area40 mi northeast
  2. Cumberland, MD-WV Micro Area45 mi northwest
  3. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area65 mi east

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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