Ohio · Census place 3906138
Bethesda, Ohio
Bethesda is a village in Belmont County, Ohio with an estimated 1,184 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 499th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,184
- #499 of 526 in Ohio
- Change since 2020
- -2.1%
- -25 people
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,910 / sq mi
- State median 2,000
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Bethesda population, 2020 to 2024
Bethesda lost 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Bethesda covers 0.62 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,910 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Bethesda is close to the typical town.
What county Bethesda is in
All of Bethesda's residents live in Belmont County, which had 64,692 residents in 2024. Bethesda holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bethesda
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bethesda by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 43719. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Bethesda is
The Census internal point of Bethesda is at 40.016600, -81.072600. Columbus, the capital, is 102.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Barnesville, OH (3,902 people), 5.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 64.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.016600, -81.072600
- DMS
- 40°00'59.76"N 81°04'21.36"W
- UTM
- 17N 493804.4E 4429602.2N
- Geohash
- dpn7ehu9x
- Plus code
- 86GW2W8G+JX
Daylight in Bethesda
At 40.02° N, Bethesda gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bethesda
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Barnesville, 5.6 miles away, with 3,902 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bethesda, OH?
1,184 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 25 (2.1%) from 1,209 in July 2020.
What county is Bethesda in?
Belmont County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bethesda?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43719.
How far is Bethesda from Columbus?
102.2 miles (164.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Bethesda.
What is the nearest larger city to Bethesda?
Barnesville, OH, with 3,902 residents, 5.6 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.