Obetz, Ohio

Obetz population, 2020 to 2024

Obetz added 1,783 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +32.3%. In the latest year it moved by +287. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Obetz is 53% of it.

Obetz covers 5.83 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 1,253 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Obetz is less dense than the typical town.

What county Obetz is in

All of Obetz's residents live in Franklin County, which had 1,356,303 residents in 2024. Obetz holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Obetz

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Obetz by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43125, 43137, 43207. 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 Obetz is

The Census internal point of Obetz is at 39.864400, -82.944600. Columbus, the capital, is 7.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Canal Winchester, OH (10,060 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 8.5 miles away.

Daylight in Obetz

At 39.86° N, Obetz gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Obetz

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Groveport, 2.9 miles away, with 5,867 people.