Ohio · Census place 3982712
Wellston, Ohio
Wellston is a city in Jackson County, Ohio with an estimated 5,493 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 244th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,493
- #244 of 526 in Ohio
- Change since 2020
- +1.4%
- +75 people
- Land area
- 7.0 sq mi
- + 0.08 sq mi water
- Density
- 788 / sq mi
- State median 2,000
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Wellston population, 2020 to 2024
Wellston added 75 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +20. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 64th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Wellston is 40% of it.
Wellston covers 6.97 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 788 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Wellston is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wellston is in
All of Wellston's residents live in Jackson County, which had 32,723 residents in 2024. Wellston holds 16.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wellston
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wellston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 45692. 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 Wellston is
The Census internal point of Wellston is at 39.117400, -82.537600. Columbus, the capital, is 63.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jackson, OH (6,226 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 64.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.117400, -82.537600
- DMS
- 39°07'2.64"N 82°32'15.36"W
- UTM
- 17N 367073.5E 4330930.2N
- Geohash
- dnvq9c1gq
- Plus code
- 86FV4F86+XX
Daylight in Wellston
At 39.12° N, Wellston gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wellston
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Jackson, 7.6 miles away, with 6,226 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wellston, OH?
5,493 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 75 (1.4%) from 5,418 in July 2020.
What county is Wellston in?
Jackson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wellston?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 45692.
How far is Wellston from Columbus?
63.4 miles (102.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Wellston.
What is the nearest larger city to Wellston?
Jackson, OH, with 6,226 residents, 7.6 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.