Michigan · Census place 2611180

Brown City, Michigan

Brown City is a city in 2 counties of Michigan with an estimated 1,292 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 321st largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,292
#321 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-11 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
1,143 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Brown City. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Lansing.

Brown City population, 2020 to 2024

Brown City lost 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,307. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brown City covers 1.13 square miles of land, for 1,143 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Brown City is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Brown City spans

Brown City crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,292 residents as follows; Sanilac County holds 99.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Sanilac County1,288
  2. 02Lapeer County4
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Brown City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brown City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48416. 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 Brown City is

The Census internal point of Brown City is at 43.211500, -82.988400. Lansing, the capital, is 85.8 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marlette, MI (1,843 people), 9.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sterling Heights, MI, 43.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.211500, -82.988400
DMS
43°12'41.40"N 82°59'18.24"W
UTM
17N 338483.7E 4786221.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MV6266+JJ

Daylight in Brown City

At 43.21° N, Brown City gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brown City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Marlette, 9.2 miles away, with 1,843 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brown City, MI?

1,292 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 11 (0.8%) from 1,303 in July 2020.

What county is Brown City in?

It spans 2 counties: Sanilac County (1,288 residents), Lapeer County (4 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Brown City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48416.

How far is Brown City from Lansing?

85.8 miles (138.1 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Brown City.

What is the nearest larger city to Brown City?

Marlette, MI, with 1,843 residents, 9.2 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.