Ohio · Census place 3980304

Wadsworth, Ohio

Wadsworth is a city in Medina County, Ohio with an estimated 24,753 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 66th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
24,753
#66 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+2.8%
+683 people
Land area
11.5 sq mi
Density
2,160 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Wadsworth. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Wadsworth population, 2020 to 2024

Wadsworth added 683 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +43. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 37th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Wadsworth is 1.8 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 24,018. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wadsworth covers 11.46 square miles of land, for 2,160 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Wadsworth is close to the typical town.

What county Wadsworth is in

All of Wadsworth's residents live in Medina County, which had 184,625 residents in 2024. Wadsworth holds 13.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wadsworth

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wadsworth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44281. 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 Wadsworth is

The Census internal point of Wadsworth is at 41.027400, -81.732200. Columbus, the capital, is 99.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Medina, OH (25,757 people), 10.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Akron, OH, 11.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.027400, -81.732200
DMS
41°01'38.64"N 81°43'55.92"W
UTM
17N 438446.1E 4542056.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HW27G9+X4

Daylight in Wadsworth

At 41.03° N, Wadsworth gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wadsworth

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Doylestown, 4.4 miles away, with 3,077 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wadsworth, OH?

24,753 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 683 (2.8%) from 24,070 in July 2020.

What county is Wadsworth in?

Medina County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Wadsworth?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44281.

How far is Wadsworth from Columbus?

99.3 miles (159.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Wadsworth.

What is the nearest larger city to Wadsworth?

Medina, OH, with 25,757 residents, 10.3 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.