Galion, Ohio

Galion population, 2020 to 2024

Galion lost 136 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +0. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 182nd; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Galion is 74% of it.

Galion covers 7.43 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,387 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Galion is less dense than the typical town.

What county Galion is in

All of Galion's residents live in Crawford County, which had 41,626 residents in 2024. Galion holds 24.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Galion

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Galion by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44833. 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 Galion is

The Census internal point of Galion is at 40.738200, -82.781300. Columbus, the capital, is 54.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bucyrus, OH (11,567 people), 11.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 53.2 miles away.

Daylight in Galion

At 40.74° N, Galion 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 Galion

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Crestline, 3.6 miles away, with 4,468 people.