Martins Ferry, Ohio

Martins Ferry population, 2020 to 2024

Martins Ferry lost 186 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by -33. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 248th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Martins Ferry is 44% of it.

Martins Ferry covers 2.33 square miles of land, for 2,597 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Martins Ferry is denser than the typical town.

What county Martins Ferry is in

All of Martins Ferry's residents live in Belmont County, which had 64,692 residents in 2024. Martins Ferry holds 9.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Martins Ferry

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Martins Ferry by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43935. 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 Martins Ferry is

The Census internal point of Martins Ferry is at 40.104300, -80.729100. Columbus, the capital, is 120.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wheeling, WV (26,060 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 46.0 miles away.

Daylight in Martins Ferry

At 40.10° N, Martins Ferry gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Martins Ferry

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Bridgeport, 2.9 miles away, with 1,531 people.