Ohio · Census place 3953886
Nelsonville, Ohio
Nelsonville is a city in Athens County, Ohio with an estimated 4,555 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 267th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,555
- #267 of 526 in Ohio
- Change since 2020
- -1.0%
- -45 people
- Land area
- 4.7 sq mi
- + 0.11 sq mi water
- Density
- 973 / sq mi
- State median 2,000
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Nelsonville population, 2020 to 2024
Nelsonville lost 45 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +13.
Nelsonville covers 4.68 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 973 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Nelsonville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Nelsonville is in
All of Nelsonville's residents live in Athens County, which had 63,218 residents in 2024. Nelsonville holds 7.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Nelsonville
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Nelsonville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 45716, 45764. 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 Nelsonville is
The Census internal point of Nelsonville is at 39.460200, -82.221400. Columbus, the capital, is 54.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Logan, OH (7,142 people), 11.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 54.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.460200, -82.221400
- DMS
- 39°27'36.72"N 82°13'17.04"W
- UTM
- 17N 394923.8E 4368559.3N
- Geohash
- dpj83p80q
- Plus code
- 86FVFQ6H+3C
Daylight in Nelsonville
At 39.46° N, Nelsonville gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Nelsonville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Glouster, 7.9 miles away, with 1,647 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Nelsonville, OH?
4,555 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 45 (1.0%) from 4,600 in July 2020.
What county is Nelsonville in?
Athens County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Nelsonville?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 45716, 45764.
How far is Nelsonville from Columbus?
54.0 miles (87.0 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Nelsonville.
What is the nearest larger city to Nelsonville?
Logan, OH, with 7,142 residents, 11.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.