Kenton, Ohio

Kenton population, 2020 to 2024

Kenton lost 97 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 175th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Kenton is 57% of it.

Kenton covers 4.99 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,575 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Kenton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Kenton is in

All of Kenton's residents live in Hardin County, which had 30,402 residents in 2024. Kenton holds 25.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kenton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kenton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43326. 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 Kenton is

The Census internal point of Kenton is at 40.644500, -83.610000. Columbus, the capital, is 57.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bellefontaine, OH (14,100 people), 21.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 56.3 miles away.

Daylight in Kenton

At 40.64° N, Kenton gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kenton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Forest, 12.1 miles away, with 1,332 people.