Ohio · Census place 3912112

Carey, Ohio

Carey is a village in Wyandot County, Ohio with an estimated 3,490 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 308th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,490
#308 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-1.9%
-69 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
1,616 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Carey. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Carey population, 2020 to 2024

Carey lost 69 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

3,55920203,53620213,50720223,49320233,4902024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,565. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Carey covers 2.16 square miles of land, for 1,616 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Carey is less dense than the typical town.

What county Carey is in

All of Carey's residents live in Wyandot County, which had 21,394 residents in 2024. Carey holds 16.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Carey

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Carey by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 43316. 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 Carey is

The Census internal point of Carey is at 40.945800, -83.386100. Columbus, the capital, is 70.9 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Upper Sandusky, OH (6,627 people), 10.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Toledo, OH, 50.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.945800, -83.386100
DMS
40°56'44.88"N 83°23'9.96"W
UTM
17N 299152.7E 4535482.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GRWJW7+8H

Daylight in Carey

At 40.95° N, Carey 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 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Carey

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Upper Sandusky, 10.0 miles away, with 6,627 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Carey, OH?

3,490 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 69 (1.9%) from 3,559 in July 2020.

What county is Carey in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Carey?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43316.

How far is Carey from Columbus?

70.9 miles (114.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Carey.

What is the nearest larger city to Carey?

Upper Sandusky, OH, with 6,627 residents, 10.0 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.