Ohio · Census place 3905424

Belpre, Ohio

Belpre is a city in Washington County, Ohio with an estimated 6,588 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 225th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,588
#225 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-1.9%
-131 people
Land area
3.5 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
1,888 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Belpre. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Belpre population, 2020 to 2024

Belpre lost 131 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -24. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 213th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Belpre is 47% of it.

6,71920206,70020216,62820226,61220236,5882024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,729. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Belpre covers 3.49 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,888 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Belpre is close to the typical town.

What county Belpre is in

All of Belpre's residents live in Washington County, which had 58,332 residents in 2024. Belpre holds 11.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Belpre

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Belpre by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 45714. 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 Belpre is

The Census internal point of Belpre is at 39.280500, -81.592300. Columbus, the capital, is 88.5 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Parkersburg, WV (28,834 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 88.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.280500, -81.592300
DMS
39°16'49.80"N 81°35'32.28"W
UTM
17N 448914.6E 4348071.9N
Geohash
dnvzrqf33
Plus code
86FW7CJ5+63

Daylight in Belpre

At 39.28° N, Belpre gets about 14 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Belpre

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Marietta, 12.6 miles away, with 13,039 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Belpre, OH?

6,588 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 131 (1.9%) from 6,719 in July 2020.

What county is Belpre in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Belpre?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 45714.

How far is Belpre from Columbus?

88.5 miles (142.5 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Belpre.

What is the nearest larger city to Belpre?

Parkersburg, WV, with 28,834 residents, 2.9 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.