Wapakoneta, Ohio

Wapakoneta population, 2020 to 2024

Wapakoneta lost 138 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -18. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 189th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Wapakoneta is 71% of it.

Wapakoneta covers 6.70 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,465 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Wapakoneta is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wapakoneta is in

All of Wapakoneta's residents live in Auglaize County, which had 45,922 residents in 2024. Wapakoneta holds 21.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wapakoneta

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wapakoneta by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 45895. 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 Wapakoneta is

The Census internal point of Wapakoneta is at 40.565200, -84.190700. Columbus, the capital, is 75.3 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lima, OH (34,690 people), 12.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dayton, OH, 53.9 miles away.

Daylight in Wapakoneta

At 40.57° N, Wapakoneta gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wapakoneta

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Cridersville, 6.5 miles away, with 1,745 people.