Ohio · Census place 3964486

Powell, Ohio

Powell is a city in Delaware County, Ohio with an estimated 14,613 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 120th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,613
#120 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+2.5%
+363 people
Land area
5.8 sq mi
Density
2,511 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Powell. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Powell population, 2020 to 2024

Powell added 363 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +50. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 46th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Powell is 1.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 14,249. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Powell covers 5.82 square miles of land, for 2,511 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Powell is denser than the typical town.

What county Powell is in

All of Powell's residents live in Delaware County, which had 237,966 residents in 2024. Powell holds 6.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Powell

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Powell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43065. 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 Powell is

The Census internal point of Powell is at 40.167700, -83.081600. Columbus, the capital, is 14.8 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dublin, OH (49,456 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 13.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.167700, -83.081600
DMS
40°10'3.72"N 83°04'53.76"W
UTM
17N 322744.1E 4448448.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GR5W99+39

Daylight in Powell

At 40.17° N, Powell 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 Powell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Dublin, 5.1 miles away, with 49,456 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Powell, OH?

14,613 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 363 (2.5%) from 14,250 in July 2020.

What county is Powell in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Powell?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43065.

How far is Powell from Columbus?

14.8 miles (23.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Powell.

What is the nearest larger city to Powell?

Dublin, OH, with 49,456 residents, 5.0 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.