Buchanan, Michigan

Buchanan population, 2020 to 2024

Buchanan lost 123 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -21.

Buchanan covers 2.52 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,654 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Buchanan is less dense than the typical town.

What county Buchanan is in

All of Buchanan's residents live in Berrien County, which had 152,703 residents in 2024. Buchanan holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Buchanan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Buchanan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49107. 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 Buchanan is

The Census internal point of Buchanan is at 41.828300, -86.366000. Lansing, the capital, is 111.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Niles, MI (11,738 people), 6.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 11.6 miles away.

Daylight in Buchanan

At 41.83° N, Buchanan gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Buchanan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Niles, 6.1 miles away, with 11,738 people.