Ohio · Census place 3979716

Vermilion, Ohio

Vermilion is a city in 2 counties of Ohio with an estimated 10,733 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 169th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,733
#169 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+0.7%
+77 people
Land area
10.6 sq mi
+ 0.16 sq mi water
Density
1,013 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Vermilion. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Columbus.

Vermilion population, 2020 to 2024

Vermilion added 77 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +11. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 80th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Vermilion is 77% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,659. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Vermilion covers 10.60 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 1,013 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Vermilion is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Vermilion spans

Vermilion crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 10,733 residents as follows; Lorain County holds 57.5% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Lorain County6,172
  2. 02Erie County4,561
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Vermilion

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Vermilion by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44089. 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 Vermilion is

The Census internal point of Vermilion is at 41.408000, -82.317300. Columbus, the capital, is 106.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Amherst, OH (13,048 people), 4.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cleveland, OH, 33.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.408000, -82.317300
DMS
41°24'28.80"N 82°19'2.28"W
UTM
17N 389897.8E 4584887.8N
Geohash
dpm7wf475
Plus code
86HVCM5M+63

Daylight in Vermilion

At 41.41° N, Vermilion gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Vermilion

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Amherst, 4.4 miles away, with 13,048 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Vermilion, OH?

10,733 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 77 (0.7%) from 10,656 in July 2020.

What county is Vermilion in?

It spans 2 counties: Lorain County (6,172 residents), Erie County (4,561 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Vermilion?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44089.

How far is Vermilion from Columbus?

106.1 miles (170.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Vermilion.

What is the nearest larger city to Vermilion?

Amherst, OH, with 13,048 residents, 4.4 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.