Ohio · Census place 3924808

Elida, Ohio

Elida is a village in Allen County, Ohio with an estimated 1,904 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 403rd largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,904
#403 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-22 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
1,627 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Elida. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Elida population, 2020 to 2024

Elida lost 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,924. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Elida covers 1.17 square miles of land, for 1,627 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Elida is less dense than the typical town.

What county Elida is in

All of Elida's residents live in Allen County, which had 100,866 residents in 2024. Elida holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elida

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elida by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 45807. 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 Elida is

The Census internal point of Elida is at 40.787000, -84.199700. Columbus, the capital, is 85.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lima, OH (34,690 people), 5.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Wayne, IN, 53.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.787000, -84.199700
DMS
40°47'13.20"N 84°11'58.92"W
UTM
16N 736280.0E 4518886.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GQQRP2+R4

Daylight in Elida

At 40.79° N, Elida gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elida

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Lima, 5.6 miles away, with 34,690 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Elida, OH?

1,904 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 22 (1.1%) from 1,926 in July 2020.

What county is Elida in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Elida?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 45807.

How far is Elida from Columbus?

85.0 miles (136.8 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Elida.

What is the nearest larger city to Elida?

Lima, OH, with 34,690 residents, 5.6 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.