Ohio · Census place 3986604

Worthington, Ohio

Worthington is a city in Franklin County, Ohio with an estimated 14,649 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 119th largest of 526 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,649
#119 of 526 in Ohio
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-136 people
Land area
5.5 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
2,678 / sq mi
State median 2,000
Orange pin: Worthington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Columbus.

Worthington population, 2020 to 2024

Worthington lost 136 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +31. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 157th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Worthington is 1.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 14,783. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Worthington covers 5.47 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 2,678 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Worthington is denser than the typical town.

What county Worthington is in

All of Worthington's residents live in Franklin County, which had 1,356,303 residents in 2024. Worthington holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Worthington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Worthington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 43085. 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 Worthington is

The Census internal point of Worthington is at 40.096900, -83.020200. Columbus, the capital, is 9.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Upper Arlington, OH (36,140 people), 5.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 8.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.096900, -83.020200
DMS
40°05'48.84"N 83°01'12.72"W
UTM
17N 327794.2E 4440468.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Worthington

At 40.10° N, Worthington gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Worthington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Minerva Park, 4.3 miles away, with 1,961 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Worthington, OH?

14,649 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 136 (0.9%) from 14,785 in July 2020.

What county is Worthington in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Worthington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 43085.

How far is Worthington from Columbus?

9.4 miles (15.1 km) in a straight line, heading S from Worthington.

What is the nearest larger city to Worthington?

Upper Arlington, OH, with 36,140 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.