Bellefontaine, Ohio

Bellefontaine population, 2020 to 2024

Bellefontaine lost 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +33. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 111th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Bellefontaine is 1.0 times that size.

Bellefontaine covers 10.13 square miles of land, for 1,392 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Bellefontaine is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bellefontaine is in

All of Bellefontaine's residents live in Logan County, which had 46,085 residents in 2024. Bellefontaine holds 30.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bellefontaine

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bellefontaine by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43311. 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 Bellefontaine is

The Census internal point of Bellefontaine is at 40.362700, -83.763000. Columbus, the capital, is 48.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sidney, OH (20,392 people), 21.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dayton, OH, 46.1 miles away.

Daylight in Bellefontaine

At 40.36° N, Bellefontaine gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bellefontaine

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is West Liberty, 7.3 miles away, with 1,760 people.