Ohio · Census place 3942994

Lexington, Ohio

Lexington is a village in Richland County, Ohio with an estimated 4,832 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 261st largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,832
#261 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-0.3%
-16 people
Land area
4.1 sq mi
Density
1,187 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Lexington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

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Lexington population, 2020 to 2024

Lexington lost 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

4,84820204,86220214,84420224,83820234,8322024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,845. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lexington covers 4.07 square miles of land, for 1,187 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Lexington is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lexington is in

All of Lexington's residents live in Richland County, which had 124,853 residents in 2024. Lexington holds 3.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lexington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lexington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 44904. 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 Lexington is

The Census internal point of Lexington is at 40.679600, -82.578200. Columbus, the capital, is 54.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ontario, OH (6,648 people), 6.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 52.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.679600, -82.578200
DMS
40°40'46.56"N 82°34'41.52"W
UTM
17N 366627.7E 4504388.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GVMCHC+RP

Daylight in Lexington

At 40.68° N, Lexington 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 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lexington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Bellville, 5.5 miles away, with 1,995 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lexington, OH?

4,832 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 16 (0.3%) from 4,848 in July 2020.

What county is Lexington in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lexington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44904.

How far is Lexington from Columbus?

54.4 miles (87.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Lexington.

What is the nearest larger city to Lexington?

Ontario, OH, with 6,648 residents, 6.4 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.