Ohio · Census place 3985232

Willard, Ohio

Willard is a city in Huron County, Ohio with an estimated 6,106 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 232nd largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,106
#232 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-1.5%
-93 people
Land area
3.6 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,706 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Willard. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Willard population, 2020 to 2024

Willard lost 93 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -28. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 197th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Willard is 44% of it.

6,19920206,18520216,15420226,13420236,1062024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,206. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Willard covers 3.58 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,706 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Willard is less dense than the typical town.

What county Willard is in

All of Willard's residents live in Huron County, which had 58,168 residents in 2024. Willard holds 10.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Willard

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Willard by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 44890. 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 Willard is

The Census internal point of Willard is at 41.051900, -82.723500. Columbus, the capital, is 76.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Shelby, OH (9,238 people), 12.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Toledo, OH, 61.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.051900, -82.723500
DMS
41°03'6.84"N 82°43'24.60"W
UTM
17N 355161.7E 4545949.4N
Geohash
dpm1t968d
Plus code
86HV372G+QJ

Daylight in Willard

At 41.05° N, Willard gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Willard

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Plymouth, 4.8 miles away, with 1,691 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Willard, OH?

6,106 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 93 (1.5%) from 6,199 in July 2020.

What county is Willard in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Willard?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 44890.

How far is Willard from Columbus?

76.7 miles (123.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Willard.

What is the nearest larger city to Willard?

Shelby, OH, with 9,238 residents, 12.0 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.