Wauseon, Ohio

Wauseon population, 2020 to 2024

Wauseon lost 103 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +22. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 186th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Wauseon is 54% of it.

Wauseon covers 5.32 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,401 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Wauseon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wauseon is in

All of Wauseon's residents live in Fulton County, which had 42,028 residents in 2024. Wauseon holds 17.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wauseon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wauseon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43567. 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 Wauseon is

The Census internal point of Wauseon is at 41.553400, -84.140100. Columbus, the capital, is 125.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Napoleon, OH (8,724 people), 10.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Toledo, OH, 29.8 miles away.

Daylight in Wauseon

At 41.55° N, Wauseon 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 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wauseon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Delta, 6.4 miles away, with 3,312 people.