Ohio · Census place 3913554

Chardon, Ohio

Chardon is a city in Geauga County, Ohio with an estimated 5,233 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 250th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,233
#250 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-0.2%
-8 people
Land area
4.4 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,192 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Chardon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Chardon population, 2020 to 2024

Chardon lost 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by -2. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 114th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Chardon is 38% of it.

5,24120205,25620215,24720225,23520235,2332024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,243. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Chardon covers 4.39 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,192 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Chardon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Chardon is in

All of Chardon's residents live in Geauga County, which had 95,362 residents in 2024. Chardon holds 5.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chardon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chardon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44024. 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 Chardon is

The Census internal point of Chardon is at 41.579300, -81.209100. Columbus, the capital, is 145.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kirtland, OH (6,914 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cleveland, OH, 25.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.579300, -81.209100
DMS
41°34'45.48"N 81°12'32.76"W
UTM
17N 482569.2E 4603089.2N
Geohash
dpqk8132f
Plus code
86HWHQHR+P9

Daylight in Chardon

At 41.58° N, Chardon gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Chardon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Kirtland, 6.8 miles away, with 6,914 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Chardon, OH?

5,233 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 8 (0.2%) from 5,241 in July 2020.

What county is Chardon in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Chardon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44024.

How far is Chardon from Columbus?

145.9 miles (234.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Chardon.

What is the nearest larger city to Chardon?

Kirtland, OH, with 6,914 residents, 6.8 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.