Michigan · Census place 2612480

Caledonia, Michigan

Caledonia is a village in Kent County, Michigan with an estimated 1,786 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 269th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,786
#269 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+7.1%
+118 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
1,333 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Caledonia. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Caledonia population, 2020 to 2024

Caledonia added 118 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.1%. In the latest year it moved by +15.

1,66820201,67720211,76720221,77120231,7862024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,615. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Caledonia covers 1.34 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,333 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Caledonia is less dense than the typical town.

What county Caledonia is in

All of Caledonia's residents live in Kent County, which had 673,002 residents in 2024. Caledonia holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Caledonia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Caledonia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 49316. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Caledonia is

The Census internal point of Caledonia is at 42.794700, -85.517100. Lansing, the capital, is 49.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Middleville, MI (4,444 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Rapids, MI, 13.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.794700, -85.517100
DMS
42°47'40.92"N 85°31'1.56"W
UTM
16N 621271.4E 4739083.3N
Geohash
dpe5qn835
Plus code
86JPQFVM+V5

Daylight in Caledonia

At 42.79° N, Caledonia gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Caledonia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Middleville, 6.0 miles away, with 4,444 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Caledonia, MI?

1,786 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 118 (7.1%) from 1,668 in July 2020.

What county is Caledonia in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Caledonia?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49316.

How far is Caledonia from Lansing?

49.0 miles (78.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Caledonia.

What is the nearest larger city to Caledonia?

Middleville, MI, with 4,444 residents, 6.0 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.