Ohio · Census place 3975602
Sunbury, Ohio
Sunbury is a city in Delaware County, Ohio with an estimated 9,705 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 181st largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 9,705
- #181 of 526 in Ohio
- Change since 2020
- +44.3%
- +2,980 people
- Land area
- 4.8 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,018 / sq mi
- State median 2,000
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Sunbury population, 2020 to 2024
Sunbury added 2,980 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +44.3%. In the latest year it moved by +1,324. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 1st; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Sunbury is 70% of it.
Sunbury covers 4.81 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,018 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Sunbury is close to the typical town.
What county Sunbury is in
All of Sunbury's residents live in Delaware County, which had 237,966 residents in 2024. Sunbury holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sunbury
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sunbury by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43021, 43074. 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 Sunbury is
The Census internal point of Sunbury is at 40.249400, -82.880200. Columbus, the capital, is 20.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Westerville, OH (38,612 people), 8.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 19.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.249400, -82.880200
- DMS
- 40°14'57.84"N 82°52'48.72"W
- UTM
- 17N 340087.3E 4457134.4N
- Geohash
- dpjhfp0mx
- Plus code
- 86GV64X9+QW
Daylight in Sunbury
At 40.25° N, Sunbury gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sunbury
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Galena, 1.7 miles away, with 1,021 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sunbury, OH?
9,705 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,980 (44.3%) from 6,725 in July 2020.
What county is Sunbury in?
Delaware County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sunbury?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 43021, 43074.
How far is Sunbury from Columbus?
20.9 miles (33.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Sunbury.
What is the nearest larger city to Sunbury?
Westerville, OH, with 38,612 residents, 8.9 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.