Ohio · Census place 3916532
Coldwater, Ohio
Coldwater is a village in Mercer County, Ohio with an estimated 4,729 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 264th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,729
- #264 of 526 in Ohio
- Change since 2020
- -0.8%
- -40 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,438 / sq mi
- State median 2,000
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Coldwater population, 2020 to 2024
Coldwater lost 40 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +13.
Coldwater covers 1.94 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 2,438 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Coldwater is denser than the typical town.
What county Coldwater is in
All of Coldwater's residents live in Mercer County, which had 42,648 residents in 2024. Coldwater holds 11.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Coldwater
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Coldwater by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 45828. 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 Coldwater is
The Census internal point of Coldwater is at 40.483000, -84.633300. Columbus, the capital, is 93.3 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Celina, OH (10,945 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Wayne, IN, 49.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.483000, -84.633300
- DMS
- 40°28'58.80"N 84°37'59.88"W
- UTM
- 16N 700599.3E 4484058.3N
- Geohash
- dp5y61eyt
- Plus code
- 86GQF9M8+6M
Daylight in Coldwater
At 40.48° N, Coldwater gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Coldwater
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is St. Henry, 4.3 miles away, with 2,608 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Coldwater, OH?
4,729 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 40 (0.8%) from 4,769 in July 2020.
What county is Coldwater in?
Mercer County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Coldwater?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 45828.
How far is Coldwater from Columbus?
93.3 miles (150.2 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Coldwater.
What is the nearest larger city to Coldwater?
Celina, OH, with 10,945 residents, 6.3 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.