Most Densely Populated Cities in Ohio: Ranked by People per Square Mile

The densest city in Ohio in our data is Lakewood, OH, with about 8,961 people per square mile, followed by Cheviot, OH (7,063) and University Heights, OH (7,029). This list ranks the top 50 places among the 296 Ohio communities with at least 5,000 residents.

What are the top 50 in Ohio?

How dense are the cities in Ohio?

The densest place is about 5 times as dense as the median place in the state, which has about 1,967 people per square mile. At the other end, The Village of Indian Hill, OH has about 308. Under our scale, 14 places are an urban core (over 5,000 per square mile), 247 are suburban, and the rest are small towns or rural. Cuyahoga County contributes 18 of the top 50.

Which counties do the top 50 belong to?

The 50 places on this list are spread across 12 counties of Ohio. Cuyahoga County has 18 (Lakewood, University Heights, East Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Cleveland, Parma Heights,); Hamilton County has 13 (Cheviot, Deer Park, Norwood, Northbrook, North College Hill, Mount Healthy, Cincinnati, Re); Franklin County has 9 (Grandview Heights, Lincoln Village, Bexley, Blacklick Estates, Columbus, Upper Arlington, ). Counties with several entries are usually centers of a metropolitan area, where one large city is surrounded by many suburbs that each pass the 5,000-resident threshold.

How does Ohio compare with the rest of the country?

The median Ohio place with a page has about 13,143 residents, compared with about 13,459 nationwide, so the state's typical community is about the same size as the national typical place. Lakewood, OH ranks 1005th among all US places by estimated population in our data. The state has 1,202 communities in total, of which 296 reach 5,000 residents. See the national ranking of the largest cities for comparison.

Quick answers about Ohio cities

• Which is the densest city in Ohio? Lakewood (8,961 per square mile).
• How many Ohio cities have more than 100,000 people? 9 in our data.
• How many have 25,000 to 100,000? 61.
• What is the typical size? About 13,143 residents for a place with a page.

How is this ranking made?

The data comes from the SimpleMaps US Cities Database, which gives each place an estimated population and a density in people per square kilometer. We convert density to people per square mile and rank the places with at least 5,000 residents. Boundaries matter: a city that includes large parks or farmland scores lower on density than a compact city of the same size, and population estimates can include areas that share a city's ZIP codes. Read why population figures differ and how density is calculated before you quote a number.

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Rankings use dataset estimates, not official counts.