Ohio · Census place 3903464

Avon Lake, Ohio

Avon Lake is a city in Lorain County, Ohio with an estimated 26,342 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 57th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
26,342
#57 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+4.2%
+1,063 people
Land area
11.1 sq mi
Density
2,367 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Avon Lake. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Avon Lake population, 2020 to 2024

Avon Lake added 1,063 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +377. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 22nd; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Avon Lake is 1.9 times that size.

25.3k202025.5k202125.6k202226.0k202326.3k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 25,202. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Avon Lake covers 11.13 square miles of land, for 2,367 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Avon Lake is denser than the typical town.

What county Avon Lake is in

All of Avon Lake's residents live in Lorain County, which had 322,030 residents in 2024. Avon Lake holds 8.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Avon Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Avon Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44012. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Avon Lake is

The Census internal point of Avon Lake is at 41.494500, -82.016100. Columbus, the capital, is 117.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Westlake, OH (34,232 people), 5.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cleveland, OH, 17.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.494500, -82.016100
DMS
41°29'40.20"N 82°00'57.96"W
UTM
17N 415185.8E 4594151.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HVFXVM+RH

Daylight in Avon Lake

At 41.49° N, Avon Lake gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Avon Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Avon, 3.5 miles away, with 25,573 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Avon Lake, OH?

26,342 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,063 (4.2%) from 25,279 in July 2020.

What county is Avon Lake in?

Lorain County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Avon Lake?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44012.

How far is Avon Lake from Columbus?

117.8 miles (189.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Avon Lake.

What is the nearest larger city to Avon Lake?

Westlake, OH, with 34,232 residents, 5.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.