#1West Jefferson
Madison County4,143 in 2020·5,827 in 2025·+1,684 people
West Jefferson, #1 on this list · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainOhio rankings · Growth
Fastest-growing towns in Ohio
West Jefferson has grown fastest of Ohio’s 908 towns of 2,500+: up 40.6% from 4,143 residents in April 2020 to an estimated 5,827 in July 2025 (Census Bureau estimates). The typical town here changed +0.0%; 450 of the 908 lost residents.
Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025: July 1, 2025 against the April 2020 base, both on January 2025 town lines (people a town annexed are in its base, not its growth). Estimates, not counts. Unincorporated communities (census-designated places) get no estimate, so they aren’t listed. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1+40.6%
#2Obetz
Franklin County5,482 in 2020·7,342 in 2025·+1,860 people
#3Sunbury
Delaware County6,628 in 2020·8,857 in 2025·+2,229 people
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Growth since 2020, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 5 towns here).
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What is the fastest-growing town in Ohio?
West Jefferson (Madison County): it grew 40.6%, from 4,143 residents in April 2020 to an estimated 5,827 in July 2025. Obetz (+33.9%) and Sunbury (+33.6%) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the percent change in residents from the Census Bureau’s April 2020 estimates base to its latest July 1 estimate, highest first, on the exact change: two towns shown with the same tenth of a percent keep the order of their unrounded figures, and only an identical change shares a rank (T). The base is the 2020 Census count redrawn on today’s town lines, so a town that annexed land since 2020 changes only by births, deaths and moves, not by the people it took in. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers the towns TownRatings grades that had 2,500+ residents in the 2020 estimates base (908 in Ohio). Census-designated places (unincorporated communities) have no Census Bureau estimates, so they never appear; a town incorporated since 2020, or one TownRatings merges with its twin township, isn’t listed either. Every town is on the Ohio page.
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