Ohio · Census place 3941664

Lakewood, Ohio

Lakewood is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio with an estimated 49,517 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 18th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
49,517
#18 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-2.6%
-1,308 people
Land area
5.5 sq mi
+ 1.15 sq mi water
Density
8,938 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Lakewood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Lakewood population, 2020 to 2024

Lakewood lost 1,308 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -47. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 245th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Lakewood is 3.6 times that size.

50.8k202050.3k202149.8k202249.6k202349.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 50,940. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lakewood covers 5.54 square miles of land and 1.15 of water, for 8,938 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Lakewood is denser than the typical town.

What county Lakewood is in

All of Lakewood's residents live in Cuyahoga County, which had 1,240,594 residents in 2024. Lakewood holds 4.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lakewood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lakewood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44107. 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 Lakewood is

The Census internal point of Lakewood is at 41.483300, -81.801100. Columbus, the capital, is 122.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cleveland, OH (365,379 people), 6.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.483300, -81.801100
DMS
41°28'59.88"N 81°48'3.96"W
UTM
17N 433120.5E 4592719.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HWF5MX+8H

Daylight in Lakewood

At 41.48° N, Lakewood gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lakewood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Rocky River, 2.8 miles away, with 21,468 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lakewood, OH?

49,517 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,308 (2.6%) from 50,825 in July 2020.

What county is Lakewood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lakewood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44107.

How far is Lakewood from Columbus?

122.5 miles (197.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Lakewood.

What is the nearest larger city to Lakewood?

Cleveland, OH, with 365,379 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.

  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.