Ohio · Census place 3907426

Bluffton, Ohio

Bluffton is a village in 2 counties of Ohio with an estimated 3,881 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 288th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,881
#288 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-83 people
Land area
3.7 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
1,049 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Bluffton. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Columbus.

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Bluffton population, 2020 to 2024

Bluffton lost 83 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -24.

3,96420203,94520213,91620223,90520233,8812024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,967. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bluffton covers 3.70 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,049 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Bluffton is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Bluffton spans

Bluffton crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 3,881 residents as follows; Allen County holds 94.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Allen County3,672
  2. 02Hancock County209
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Bluffton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bluffton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 45817. 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 Bluffton is

The Census internal point of Bluffton is at 40.892000, -83.887800. Columbus, the capital, is 79.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ada, OH (5,293 people), 9.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Toledo, OH, 55.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.892000, -83.887800
DMS
40°53'31.20"N 83°53'16.08"W
UTM
17N 256720.7E 4530783.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GRV4R6+RV

Daylight in Bluffton

At 40.89° N, Bluffton gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bluffton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Pandora, 5.0 miles away, with 1,186 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bluffton, OH?

3,881 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 83 (2.1%) from 3,964 in July 2020.

What county is Bluffton in?

It spans 2 counties: Allen County (3,672 residents), Hancock County (209 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Bluffton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 45817.

How far is Bluffton from Columbus?

79.4 miles (127.8 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Bluffton.

What is the nearest larger city to Bluffton?

Ada, OH, with 5,293 residents, 9.1 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.