Ohio · Census place 3979044
Upper Sandusky, Ohio
Upper Sandusky is a city in Wyandot County, Ohio with an estimated 6,627 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 222nd largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 6,627
- #222 of 526 in Ohio
- Change since 2020
- -0.9%
- -62 people
- Land area
- 6.8 sq mi
- + 0.18 sq mi water
- Density
- 982 / sq mi
- State median 2,000
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Upper Sandusky population, 2020 to 2024
Upper Sandusky lost 62 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -19. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 158th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Upper Sandusky is 48% of it.
Upper Sandusky covers 6.75 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 982 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Upper Sandusky is less dense than the typical town.
What county Upper Sandusky is in
All of Upper Sandusky's residents live in Wyandot County, which had 21,394 residents in 2024. Upper Sandusky holds 31.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Upper Sandusky
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Upper Sandusky by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43351. 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 Sandusky is
The Census internal point of Upper Sandusky is at 40.830700, -83.270700. Columbus, the capital, is 61.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bucyrus, OH (11,567 people), 15.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Toledo, OH, 59.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.830700, -83.270700
- DMS
- 40°49'50.52"N 83°16'14.52"W
- UTM
- 17N 308535.5E 4522444.7N
- Geohash
- dpkb31h0h
- Plus code
- 86GRRPJH+7P
Daylight in Upper Sandusky
At 40.83° N, Upper Sandusky gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Upper Sandusky
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Carey, 10.0 miles away, with 3,490 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Upper Sandusky, OH?
6,627 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 62 (0.9%) from 6,689 in July 2020.
What county is Upper Sandusky in?
Wyandot County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Upper Sandusky?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43351.
How far is Upper Sandusky from Columbus?
61.7 miles (99.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Upper Sandusky.
What is the nearest larger city to Upper Sandusky?
Bucyrus, OH, with 11,567 residents, 15.7 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.