Ohio · Census place 3962498

Pickerington, Ohio

Pickerington is a city in 2 counties of Ohio with an estimated 25,814 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 60th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
25,814
#60 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+11.1%
+2,574 people
Land area
10.2 sq mi
Density
2,531 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Pickerington. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Columbus.

Pickerington population, 2020 to 2024

Pickerington added 2,574 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.1%. In the latest year it moved by +546. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 6th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Pickerington is 1.9 times that size.

23.2k202023.9k202124.5k202225.3k202325.8k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 23,079. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pickerington covers 10.20 square miles of land, for 2,531 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Pickerington is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Pickerington spans

Pickerington crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 25,814 residents as follows; Fairfield County holds 99.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Fairfield County25,739
  2. 02Franklin County75
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Pickerington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pickerington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43147. 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 Pickerington is

The Census internal point of Pickerington is at 39.887500, -82.764100. Columbus, the capital, is 13.6 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Reynoldsburg, OH (42,897 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 13.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.887500, -82.764100
DMS
39°53'15.00"N 82°45'50.76"W
UTM
17N 349165.8E 4416760.3N
Geohash
dpj4utm18
Plus code
86FVV6PP+X9

Daylight in Pickerington

At 39.89° N, Pickerington gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 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 Pickerington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Canal Winchester, 4.1 miles away, with 10,060 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pickerington, OH?

25,814 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,574 (11.1%) from 23,240 in July 2020.

What county is Pickerington in?

It spans 2 counties: Fairfield County (25,739 residents), Franklin County (75 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Pickerington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43147.

How far is Pickerington from Columbus?

13.6 miles (21.8 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Pickerington.

What is the nearest larger city to Pickerington?

Reynoldsburg, OH, with 42,897 residents, 5.3 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.