Ohio · Census place 3968686

Rossford, Ohio

Rossford is a city in Wood County, Ohio with an estimated 6,353 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 228th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,353
#228 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+51 people
Land area
5.2 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,229 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Rossford. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Rossford population, 2020 to 2024

Rossford added 51 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +10. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 75th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Rossford is 46% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,302. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rossford covers 5.17 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,229 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Rossford is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rossford is in

All of Rossford's residents live in Wood County, which had 133,077 residents in 2024. Rossford holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rossford

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Rossford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43460, 43551. 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 Rossford is

The Census internal point of Rossford is at 41.577600, -83.572200. Columbus, the capital, is 115.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Perrysburg, OH (25,313 people), 4.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Toledo, OH, 6.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.577600, -83.572200
DMS
41°34'39.36"N 83°34'19.92"W
UTM
17N 285564.8E 4606074.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HRHCHH+24

Daylight in Rossford

At 41.58° N, Rossford gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rossford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Walbridge, 4.4 miles away, with 3,058 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rossford, OH?

6,353 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 51 (0.8%) from 6,302 in July 2020.

What county is Rossford in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rossford?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 43460, 43551.

How far is Rossford from Columbus?

115.6 miles (186.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Rossford.

What is the nearest larger city to Rossford?

Perrysburg, OH, with 25,313 residents, 4.6 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.