Battle Creek, Michigan

Battle Creek population, 2020 to 2024

Battle Creek lost 499 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -59. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 88th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Battle Creek is 4.3 times that size.

Battle Creek covers 42.61 square miles of land and 1.12 of water, for 1,225 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Battle Creek is less dense than the typical town.

What county Battle Creek is in

All of Battle Creek's residents live in Calhoun County, which had 133,785 residents in 2024. Battle Creek holds 39.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Battle Creek

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Battle Creek by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49015, 49037. 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 Battle Creek is

The Census internal point of Battle Creek is at 42.299200, -85.229300. Lansing, the capital, is 45.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kalamazoo, MI (73,290 people), 18.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 44.5 miles away.

Daylight in Battle Creek

At 42.30° N, Battle Creek 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 Battle Creek

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Springfield, 1.7 miles away, with 5,267 people.