Ohio · Census place 3911332

Canal Winchester, Ohio

Canal Winchester is a city in 2 counties of Ohio with an estimated 10,060 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 175th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,060
#175 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+9.4%
+863 people
Land area
8.1 sq mi
+ 0.14 sq mi water
Density
1,239 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Canal Winchester. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Columbus.

Canal Winchester population, 2020 to 2024

Canal Winchester added 863 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.4%. In the latest year it moved by +213. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 7th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Canal Winchester is 72% of it.

9,19720209,52520219,69520229,847202310.1k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,126. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Canal Winchester covers 8.12 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 1,239 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Canal Winchester is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Canal Winchester spans

Canal Winchester crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 10,060 residents as follows; Franklin County holds 82.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Franklin County8,271
  2. 02Fairfield County1,789
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Canal Winchester

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Canal Winchester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43110. 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 Canal Winchester is

The Census internal point of Canal Winchester is at 39.846600, -82.821300. Columbus, the capital, is 12.4 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pickerington, OH (25,814 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 12.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.846600, -82.821300
DMS
39°50'47.76"N 82°49'16.68"W
UTM
17N 344182.3E 4412318.6N
Geohash
dpj4emg77
Plus code
86FVR5WH+JF

Daylight in Canal Winchester

At 39.85° N, Canal Winchester gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Canal Winchester

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Lithopolis, 2.2 miles away, with 2,859 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Canal Winchester, OH?

10,060 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 863 (9.4%) from 9,197 in July 2020.

What county is Canal Winchester in?

It spans 2 counties: Franklin County (8,271 residents), Fairfield County (1,789 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Canal Winchester?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43110.

How far is Canal Winchester from Columbus?

12.4 miles (20.0 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Canal Winchester.

What is the nearest larger city to Canal Winchester?

Pickerington, OH, with 25,814 residents, 4.2 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)

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