Michigan · Census place 2610860

Bronson, Michigan

Bronson is a city in Branch County, Michigan with an estimated 2,322 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 233rd largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,322
#233 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+0.6%
+14 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
1,695 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Bronson. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

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Bronson population, 2020 to 2024

Bronson added 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +29.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,309. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bronson covers 1.37 square miles of land, for 1,695 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Bronson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bronson is in

All of Bronson's residents live in Branch County, which had 46,187 residents in 2024. Bronson holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bronson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bronson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49028. 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 Bronson is

The Census internal point of Bronson is at 41.872100, -85.190800. Lansing, the capital, is 67.8 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Coldwater, MI (14,314 people), 11.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Wayne, IN, 54.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.872100, -85.190800
DMS
41°52'19.56"N 85°11'26.88"W
UTM
16N 650136.1E 4637158.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Bronson

At 41.87° N, Bronson gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bronson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Colon, 9.1 miles away, with 1,196 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bronson, MI?

2,322 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 14 (0.6%) from 2,308 in July 2020.

What county is Bronson in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bronson?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49028.

How far is Bronson from Lansing?

67.8 miles (109.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Bronson.

What is the nearest larger city to Bronson?

Coldwater, MI, with 14,314 residents, 11.1 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.