Ohio · Census place 3957302

Norwalk, Ohio

Norwalk is a city in Huron County, Ohio with an estimated 17,172 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 112th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,172
#112 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+137 people
Land area
8.9 sq mi
+ 0.28 sq mi water
Density
1,936 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Norwalk. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Norwalk population, 2020 to 2024

Norwalk added 137 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +17. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 77th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Norwalk is 1.2 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 17,058. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Norwalk covers 8.87 square miles of land and 0.28 of water, for 1,936 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Norwalk is close to the typical town.

What county Norwalk is in

All of Norwalk's residents live in Huron County, which had 58,168 residents in 2024. Norwalk holds 29.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Norwalk

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Norwalk by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44857. 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 Norwalk is

The Census internal point of Norwalk is at 41.244600, -82.608900. Columbus, the capital, is 91.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sandusky, OH (24,174 people), 15.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cleveland, OH, 50.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.244600, -82.608900
DMS
41°14'40.56"N 82°36'32.04"W
UTM
17N 365188.2E 4567158.6N
Geohash
dpm68hq51
Plus code
86HV69VR+RC

Daylight in Norwalk

At 41.24° N, Norwalk gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Norwalk

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Milan, 3.1 miles away, with 1,341 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Norwalk, OH?

17,172 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 137 (0.8%) from 17,035 in July 2020.

What county is Norwalk in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Norwalk?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44857.

How far is Norwalk from Columbus?

91.0 miles (146.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Norwalk.

What is the nearest larger city to Norwalk?

Sandusky, OH, with 24,174 residents, 15.6 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.