Michigan · Census place 2601380
Allen Park, Michigan
Allen Park is a city in Wayne County, Michigan with an estimated 27,604 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 41st largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 27,604
- #41 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- -3.3%
- -928 people
- Land area
- 7.0 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,943 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Allen Park population, 2020 to 2024
Allen Park lost 928 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +3. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 145th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Allen Park is 2.3 times that size.
Allen Park covers 7.00 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 3,943 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Allen Park is denser than the typical town.
What county Allen Park is in
All of Allen Park's residents live in Wayne County, which had 1,771,063 residents in 2024. Allen Park holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Allen Park
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Allen Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48101. 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 Allen Park is
The Census internal point of Allen Park is at 42.259500, -83.210400. Lansing, the capital, is 75.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lincoln Park, MI (38,774 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dearborn, MI, 3.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.259500, -83.210400
- DMS
- 42°15'34.20"N 83°12'37.44"W
- UTM
- 17N 317681.2E 4680954.5N
- Geohash
- dpsb6t053
- Plus code
- 86JR7Q5Q+RR
Daylight in Allen Park
At 42.26° N, Allen Park gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Allen Park
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Lincoln Park, 1.9 miles away, with 38,774 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Allen Park, MI?
27,604 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 928 (3.3%) from 28,532 in July 2020.
What county is Allen Park in?
Wayne County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Allen Park?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48101.
How far is Allen Park from Lansing?
75.9 miles (122.2 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Allen Park.
What is the nearest larger city to Allen Park?
Lincoln Park, MI, with 38,774 residents, 1.9 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.