Ohio · Census place 3964780
Prospect, Ohio
Prospect is a village in Marion County, Ohio with an estimated 1,057 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 513th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,057
- #513 of 526 in Ohio
- Change since 2020
- -1.5%
- -16 people
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Density
- 1,468 / sq mi
- State median 2,000
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Prospect population, 2020 to 2024
Prospect lost 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Prospect covers 0.72 square miles of land, for 1,468 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Prospect is less dense than the typical town.
What county Prospect is in
All of Prospect's residents live in Marion County, which had 64,976 residents in 2024. Prospect holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Prospect
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Prospect by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 43342. 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 Prospect is
The Census internal point of Prospect is at 40.453900, -83.184800. Columbus, the capital, is 35.3 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Richwood, OH (2,575 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 34.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.453900, -83.184800
- DMS
- 40°27'14.04"N 83°11'5.28"W
- UTM
- 17N 314739.6E 4480430.1N
- Geohash
- dphy5h6tj
- Plus code
- 86GRFR38+H3
Daylight in Prospect
At 40.45° N, Prospect gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Prospect
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Richwood, 6.0 miles away, with 2,575 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Prospect, OH?
1,057 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 16 (1.5%) from 1,073 in July 2020.
What county is Prospect in?
Marion County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Prospect?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43342.
How far is Prospect from Columbus?
35.3 miles (56.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Prospect.
What is the nearest larger city to Prospect?
Richwood, OH, with 2,575 residents, 6.0 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.