Ohio · Census place 3979002
Upper Arlington, Ohio
Upper Arlington is a city in Franklin County, Ohio with an estimated 36,140 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 37th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 36,140
- #37 of 526 in Ohio
- Change since 2020
- -1.7%
- -620 people
- Land area
- 9.8 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,688 / sq mi
- State median 2,000
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Upper Arlington population, 2020 to 2024
Upper Arlington lost 620 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +96. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 205th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Upper Arlington is 2.6 times that size.
Upper Arlington covers 9.80 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 3,688 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Upper Arlington is denser than the typical town.
What county Upper Arlington is in
All of Upper Arlington's residents live in Franklin County, which had 1,356,303 residents in 2024. Upper Arlington holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Upper Arlington
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Upper Arlington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43212, 43220, 43221. 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 Upper Arlington is
The Census internal point of Upper Arlington is at 40.027600, -83.070700. Columbus, the capital, is 5.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hilliard, OH (38,832 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 5.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.027600, -83.070700
- DMS
- 40°01'39.36"N 83°04'14.52"W
- UTM
- 17N 323310.1E 4432874.5N
- Geohash
- dphgtwvc8
- Plus code
- 86GR2WHH+2P
Daylight in Upper Arlington
At 40.03° N, Upper Arlington gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Upper Arlington
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Grandview Heights, 3.7 miles away, with 9,184 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Upper Arlington, OH?
36,140 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 620 (1.7%) from 36,760 in July 2020.
What county is Upper Arlington in?
Franklin County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Upper Arlington?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 43212, 43220, 43221.
How far is Upper Arlington from Columbus?
5.8 miles (9.4 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Upper Arlington.
What is the nearest larger city to Upper Arlington?
Hilliard, OH, with 38,832 residents, 4.7 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.