Sandusky, Ohio

Sandusky population, 2020 to 2024

Sandusky lost 915 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -148. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 249th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Sandusky is 1.7 times that size.

Sandusky covers 9.64 square miles of land and 12.19 of water, for 2,508 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Sandusky is denser than the typical town.

What county Sandusky is in

All of Sandusky's residents live in Erie County, which had 73,841 residents in 2024. Sandusky holds 32.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sandusky

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sandusky by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44870. 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 Sandusky is

The Census internal point of Sandusky is at 41.455900, -82.714400. Columbus, the capital, is 104.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lorain, OH (65,751 people), 27.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Toledo, OH, 47.1 miles away.

Daylight in Sandusky

At 41.46° N, Sandusky 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 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sandusky

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Huron, 8.8 miles away, with 6,630 people.