Ohio · Census place 3985036

Wickliffe, Ohio

Wickliffe is a city in Lake County, Ohio with an estimated 12,659 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 148th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,659
#148 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-15 people
Land area
4.6 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
2,746 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Wickliffe. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Wickliffe population, 2020 to 2024

Wickliffe lost 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +18. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 112th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Wickliffe is 91% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,667. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wickliffe covers 4.61 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,746 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Wickliffe is denser than the typical town.

What county Wickliffe is in

All of Wickliffe's residents live in Lake County, which had 232,360 residents in 2024. Wickliffe holds 5.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wickliffe

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wickliffe by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44092. 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 Wickliffe is

The Census internal point of Wickliffe is at 41.606300, -81.468000. Columbus, the capital, is 139.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Willowick, OH (14,159 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Cleveland, OH, 14.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.606300, -81.468000
DMS
41°36'22.68"N 81°28'4.80"W
UTM
17N 461003.3E 4606171.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HWJG4J+GQ

Daylight in Wickliffe

At 41.61° N, Wickliffe gets about 15 h 12 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 Wickliffe

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Willowick, 1.9 miles away, with 14,159 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wickliffe, OH?

12,659 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 15 (0.1%) from 12,674 in July 2020.

What county is Wickliffe in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wickliffe?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44092.

How far is Wickliffe from Columbus?

139.1 miles (223.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Wickliffe.

What is the nearest larger city to Wickliffe?

Willowick, OH, with 14,159 residents, 1.9 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.