Rocky River, Ohio

Rocky River population, 2020 to 2024

Rocky River lost 255 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +138. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 172nd; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Rocky River is 1.5 times that size.

Rocky River covers 4.73 square miles of land and 0.87 of water, for 4,539 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Rocky River is denser than the typical town.

What county Rocky River is in

All of Rocky River's residents live in Cuyahoga County, which had 1,240,594 residents in 2024. Rocky River holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rocky River

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rocky River by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44116. 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 Rocky River is

The Census internal point of Rocky River is at 41.473100, -81.853800. Columbus, the capital, is 120.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lakewood, OH (49,517 people), 2.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cleveland, OH, 9.0 miles away.

Daylight in Rocky River

At 41.47° N, Rocky River gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rocky River

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Fairview Park, 2.1 miles away, with 16,860 people.