Ohio · Census place 3981858

Waterville, Ohio

Waterville is a city in Lucas County, Ohio with an estimated 6,022 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 235th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,022
#235 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+4 people
Land area
5.2 sq mi
+ 0.19 sq mi water
Density
1,167 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Waterville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Waterville population, 2020 to 2024

Waterville added 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +8. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 103rd; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Waterville is 43% of it.

6,01820206,02520216,02120226,01420236,0222024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,009. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Waterville covers 5.16 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 1,167 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Waterville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Waterville is in

All of Waterville's residents live in Lucas County, which had 426,291 residents in 2024. Waterville holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Waterville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waterville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43566. 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 Waterville is

The Census internal point of Waterville is at 41.502000, -83.736900. Columbus, the capital, is 113.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Perrysburg, OH (25,313 people), 5.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Toledo, OH, 13.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.502000, -83.736900
DMS
41°30'7.20"N 83°44'12.84"W
UTM
17N 271567.0E 4598103.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HRG727+R6

Daylight in Waterville

At 41.50° N, Waterville gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Waterville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Haskins, 3.1 miles away, with 1,256 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Waterville, OH?

6,022 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4 (0.1%) from 6,018 in July 2020.

What county is Waterville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Waterville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43566.

How far is Waterville from Columbus?

113.2 miles (182.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Waterville.

What is the nearest larger city to Waterville?

Perrysburg, OH, with 25,313 residents, 5.5 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.