Burton, Michigan

Burton population, 2020 to 2024

Burton lost 249 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +18. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 83rd; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Burton is 2.4 times that size.

Burton covers 23.36 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,259 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Burton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Burton is in

All of Burton's residents live in Genesee County, which had 402,279 residents in 2024. Burton holds 7.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Burton

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Burton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48509, 48519, 48529. 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 Burton is

The Census internal point of Burton is at 43.000700, -83.618200. Lansing, the capital, is 50.9 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Flint, MI (79,735 people), 4.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sterling Heights, MI, 41.6 miles away.

Daylight in Burton

At 43.00° N, Burton gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Burton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Flint, 4.1 miles away, with 79,735 people.