Benton Harbor, Michigan

Benton Harbor population, 2020 to 2024

Benton Harbor lost 244 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.7%. In the latest year it moved by -42. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 129th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Benton Harbor is 73% of it.

Benton Harbor covers 4.39 square miles of land and 0.24 of water, for 2,015 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Benton Harbor is less dense than the typical town.

What county Benton Harbor is in

All of Benton Harbor's residents live in Berrien County, which had 152,703 residents in 2024. Benton Harbor holds 5.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Benton Harbor

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Benton Harbor by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49022. 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 Benton Harbor is

The Census internal point of Benton Harbor is at 42.113500, -86.447200. Lansing, the capital, is 105.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Niles, MI (11,738 people), 21.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 31.6 miles away.

Daylight in Benton Harbor

At 42.11° N, Benton Harbor gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Benton Harbor

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is St. Joseph, 2.3 miles away, with 7,930 people.