Ohio · Census place 3957190
Northwood, Ohio
Northwood is a city in Wood County, Ohio with an estimated 5,222 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 251st largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,222
- #251 of 526 in Ohio
- Change since 2020
- +1.1%
- +58 people
- Land area
- 8.6 sq mi
- Density
- 610 / sq mi
- State median 2,000
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Northwood population, 2020 to 2024
Northwood added 58 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +10. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 66th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Northwood is 38% of it.
Northwood covers 8.56 square miles of land, for 610 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Northwood is less dense than the typical town.
What county Northwood is in
All of Northwood's residents live in Wood County, which had 133,077 residents in 2024. Northwood 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 Northwood
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Northwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43619. 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 Northwood is
The Census internal point of Northwood is at 41.610100, -83.482700. Columbus, the capital, is 116.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oregon, OH (19,726 people), 3.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Toledo, OH, 6.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.610100, -83.482700
- DMS
- 41°36'36.36"N 83°28'57.72"W
- UTM
- 17N 293130.6E 4609464.8N
- Geohash
- dpkssqcu2
- Plus code
- 86HRJG68+2W
Daylight in Northwood
At 41.61° N, Northwood gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Northwood
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Walbridge, 1.7 miles away, with 3,058 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Northwood, OH?
5,222 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 58 (1.1%) from 5,164 in July 2020.
What county is Northwood in?
Wood County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Northwood?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43619.
How far is Northwood from Columbus?
116.6 miles (187.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Northwood.
What is the nearest larger city to Northwood?
Oregon, OH, with 19,726 residents, 3.9 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.