South Point, Ohio

South Point population, 2020 to 2024

South Point lost 166 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.3%. In the latest year it moved by -22.

South Point covers 2.95 square miles of land and 0.29 of water, for 1,242 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so South Point is less dense than the typical town.

What county South Point is in

All of South Point's residents live in Lawrence County, which had 55,829 residents in 2024. South Point holds 6.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in South Point

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps South Point by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 45680. 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 South Point is

The Census internal point of South Point is at 38.422200, -82.579100. Columbus, the capital, is 108.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ashland, KY (21,066 people), 4.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lexington-Fayette, KY, 105.3 miles away.

Daylight in South Point

At 38.42° N, South Point gets about 14 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 29 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near South Point

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Coal Grove, 5.7 miles away, with 1,804 people.