Van Wert, Ohio

Van Wert population, 2020 to 2024

Van Wert added 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +70. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 98th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Van Wert is 80% of it.

Van Wert covers 7.53 square miles of land and 0.28 of water, for 1,477 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Van Wert is less dense than the typical town.

What county Van Wert is in

All of Van Wert's residents live in Van Wert County, which had 28,887 residents in 2024. Van Wert holds 38.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Van Wert

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Van Wert by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 45891. 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 Van Wert is

The Census internal point of Van Wert is at 40.864800, -84.588500. Columbus, the capital, is 104.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lima, OH (34,690 people), 26.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Wayne, IN, 32.7 miles away.

Daylight in Van Wert

At 40.86° N, Van Wert 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 Van Wert

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Convoy, 7.1 miles away, with 1,002 people.