Big Rapids, Michigan

Big Rapids population, 2020 to 2024

Big Rapids added 202 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +22. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 16th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Big Rapids is 71% of it.

Big Rapids covers 4.45 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 1,925 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Big Rapids is less dense than the typical town.

What county Big Rapids is in

All of Big Rapids's residents live in Mecosta County, which had 41,947 residents in 2024. Big Rapids holds 20.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Big Rapids

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Big Rapids by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49307. 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 Big Rapids is

The Census internal point of Big Rapids is at 43.699700, -85.481200. Lansing, the capital, is 81.4 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mount Pleasant, MI (21,090 people), 36.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Rapids, MI, 51.8 miles away.

Daylight in Big Rapids

At 43.70° N, Big Rapids gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Big Rapids

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Reed City, 12.0 miles away, with 2,531 people.