Ohio · Census place 3963030

Plain City, Ohio

Plain City is a village in 2 counties of Ohio with an estimated 4,374 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 276th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,374
#276 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+5.4%
+223 people
Land area
3.1 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,425 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Plain City. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Columbus.

Plain City population, 2020 to 2024

Plain City added 223 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.4%. In the latest year it moved by +23.

4,15120204,36220214,34020224,35120234,3742024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,110. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Plain City covers 3.07 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,425 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Plain City is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Plain City spans

Plain City crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 4,374 residents as follows; Madison County holds 82.8% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Madison County3,620
  2. 02Union County754
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Plain City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Plain City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 43064. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Plain City is

The Census internal point of Plain City is at 40.105700, -83.274700. Columbus, the capital, is 17.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dublin, OH (49,456 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 17.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.105700, -83.274700
DMS
40°06'20.52"N 83°16'28.92"W
UTM
17N 306123.2E 4441968.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GR4P4G+74

Daylight in Plain City

At 40.11° N, Plain City gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Plain City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Dublin, 6.8 miles away, with 49,456 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Plain City, OH?

4,374 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 223 (5.4%) from 4,151 in July 2020.

What county is Plain City in?

It spans 2 counties: Madison County (3,620 residents), Union County (754 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Plain City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43064.

How far is Plain City from Columbus?

17.6 miles (28.3 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Plain City.

What is the nearest larger city to Plain City?

Dublin, OH, with 49,456 residents, 6.8 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.