Ohio · Census place 3905690

Berea, Ohio

Berea is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio with an estimated 17,998 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 101st largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,998
#101 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-2.7%
-503 people
Land area
5.7 sq mi
+ 0.11 sq mi water
Density
3,169 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Berea. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Berea population, 2020 to 2024

Berea lost 503 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 246th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Berea is 1.3 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 18,525. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Berea covers 5.68 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 3,169 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Berea is denser than the typical town.

What county Berea is in

All of Berea's residents live in Cuyahoga County, which had 1,240,594 residents in 2024. Berea holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Berea

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Berea by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44017. 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 Berea is

The Census internal point of Berea is at 41.370500, -81.861800. Columbus, the capital, is 114.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brook Park, OH (18,142 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cleveland, OH, 12.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.370500, -81.861800
DMS
41°22'13.80"N 81°51'42.48"W
UTM
17N 427928.3E 4580245.7N
Geohash
dpmg35q09
Plus code
86HW94CQ+67

Daylight in Berea

At 41.37° N, Berea gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Berea

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Olmsted Falls, 2.2 miles away, with 8,676 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Berea, OH?

17,998 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 503 (2.7%) from 18,501 in July 2020.

What county is Berea in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Berea?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44017.

How far is Berea from Columbus?

114.2 miles (183.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Berea.

What is the nearest larger city to Berea?

Brook Park, OH, with 18,142 residents, 3.2 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.