Michigan · Census place 2607660

Berkley, Michigan

Berkley is a city in Oakland County, Michigan with an estimated 15,313 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 64th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
15,313
#64 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+146 people
Land area
2.6 sq mi
Density
5,845 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Berkley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Berkley population, 2020 to 2024

Berkley added 146 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +159. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 36th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Berkley is 1.3 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,192. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Berkley covers 2.62 square miles of land, for 5,845 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Berkley is denser than the typical town.

What county Berkley is in

All of Berkley's residents live in Oakland County, which had 1,296,888 residents in 2024. Berkley holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Berkley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Berkley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48072. 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 Berkley is

The Census internal point of Berkley is at 42.498600, -83.185300. Lansing, the capital, is 71.5 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Royal Oak, MI (58,251 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Warren, MI, 8.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.498600, -83.185300
DMS
42°29'54.96"N 83°11'7.08"W
UTM
17N 320434.5E 4707451.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JRFRX7+CV

Daylight in Berkley

At 42.50° N, Berkley gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Berkley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Huntington Woods, 1.4 miles away, with 6,345 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Berkley, MI?

15,313 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 146 (1.0%) from 15,167 in July 2020.

What county is Berkley in?

Oakland County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Berkley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48072.

How far is Berkley from Lansing?

71.5 miles (115.1 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Berkley.

What is the nearest larger city to Berkley?

Royal Oak, MI, with 58,251 residents, 1.7 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.