Michigan · Census place 2605140
Bangor, Michigan
Bangor is a city in Van Buren County, Michigan with an estimated 1,976 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 252nd largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,976
- #252 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- -1.8%
- -37 people
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,116 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Bangor population, 2020 to 2024
Bangor lost 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -7.
Bangor covers 1.77 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,116 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Bangor is less dense than the typical town.
What county Bangor is in
All of Bangor's residents live in Van Buren County, which had 76,129 residents in 2024. Bangor holds 2.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bangor
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bangor by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49013. 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 Bangor is
The Census internal point of Bangor is at 42.312400, -86.113400. Lansing, the capital, is 84.5 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hartford, MI (2,465 people), 7.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 44.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.312400, -86.113400
- DMS
- 42°18'44.64"N 86°06'48.24"W
- UTM
- 16N 573066.1E 4684843.2N
- Geohash
- dpdb8qwps
- Plus code
- 86JM8V6P+XJ
Daylight in Bangor
At 42.31° N, Bangor gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bangor
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Lawrence, 7.3 miles away, with 1,011 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bangor, MI?
1,976 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 37 (1.8%) from 2,013 in July 2020.
What county is Bangor in?
Van Buren County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bangor?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49013.
How far is Bangor from Lansing?
84.5 miles (136.0 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Bangor.
What is the nearest larger city to Bangor?
Hartford, MI, with 2,465 residents, 7.9 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.