Ohio · Census place 3903828

Barberton, Ohio

Barberton is a city in Summit County, Ohio with an estimated 24,624 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 67th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
24,624
#67 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-515 people
Land area
9.0 sq mi
+ 0.22 sq mi water
Density
2,730 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Barberton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Barberton population, 2020 to 2024

Barberton lost 515 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -5. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 219th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Barberton is 1.8 times that size.

25.1k202025.0k202124.9k202224.6k202324.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 25,181. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Barberton covers 9.02 square miles of land and 0.22 of water, for 2,730 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Barberton is denser than the typical town.

What county Barberton is in

All of Barberton's residents live in Summit County, which had 538,370 residents in 2024. Barberton holds 4.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Barberton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Barberton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44203. 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 Barberton is

The Census internal point of Barberton is at 41.006900, -81.604400. Columbus, the capital, is 102.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Akron, OH (189,664 people), 6.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.006900, -81.604400
DMS
41°00'24.84"N 81°36'15.84"W
UTM
17N 449174.2E 4539698.9N
Geohash
dpmcr116x
Plus code
86HW294W+Q6

Daylight in Barberton

At 41.01° N, Barberton gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Barberton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Norton, 2.6 miles away, with 11,423 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Barberton, OH?

24,624 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 515 (2.0%) from 25,139 in July 2020.

What county is Barberton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Barberton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44203.

How far is Barberton from Columbus?

102.9 miles (165.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Barberton.

What is the nearest larger city to Barberton?

Akron, OH, with 189,664 residents, 6.6 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.