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Fairfield County, OH

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 14 ZIP codes inside Fairfield County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
14
in this county
Total population
182,147
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
14
distinct city/town names
Avg density
197
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Fairfield County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
43130 Lancaster 61,558 145
43147 Pickerington 44,699 577
43110 Canal Winchester 38,123 315
43105 Baltimore 8,731 60
43112 Carroll 5,092 56
43154 Stoutsville 3,878 57
43102 Amanda 3,861 26
43046 Millersport 3,445 50
43107 Bremen 3,320 43
43150 Rushville 2,367 38
43155 Sugar Grove 2,322 30
43136 Lithopolis 2,255 729
43148 Pleasantville 1,870 27
43157 Thurston 626 611

About Fairfield County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Fairfield County in Ohio contains roughly 14 ZIP codes spread across 14 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 182,147. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Ohio index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 197, which classifies the county overall as a rural environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Fairfield County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Fairfield County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.