Michigan · Census place 2613220

Carleton, Michigan

Carleton is a village in Monroe County, Michigan with an estimated 2,302 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 234th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,302
#234 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-31 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
2,325 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Carleton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Carleton population, 2020 to 2024

Carleton lost 31 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -4.

2,33320202,33320212,31220222,30620232,3022024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,334. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Carleton covers 0.99 square miles of land, for 2,325 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Carleton is close to the typical town.

What county Carleton is in

All of Carleton's residents live in Monroe County, which had 156,045 residents in 2024. Carleton holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Carleton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Carleton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 48117. 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 Carleton is

The Census internal point of Carleton is at 42.057200, -83.389800. Lansing, the capital, is 75.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Flat Rock, MI (10,249 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dearborn, MI, 19.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.057200, -83.389800
DMS
42°03'25.92"N 83°23'23.28"W
UTM
17N 302253.8E 4658890.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JR3J46+V3

Daylight in Carleton

At 42.06° N, Carleton gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Carleton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is South Rockwood, 6.1 miles away, with 1,583 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Carleton, MI?

2,302 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 31 (1.3%) from 2,333 in July 2020.

What county is Carleton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Carleton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48117.

How far is Carleton from Lansing?

75.6 miles (121.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Carleton.

What is the nearest larger city to Carleton?

Flat Rock, MI, with 10,249 residents, 6.8 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.