Michigan · Census place 2613600

Carson City, Michigan

Carson City is a city in Montcalm County, Michigan with an estimated 1,140 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 339th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,140; #339 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020: +3.2%; +35 people
Land area: 1.1 sq mi; + 0.03 sq mi water
Density: 1,000 / sq mi; State median 2,478

Orange pin: Carson City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

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Carson City population, 2020 to 2024

Carson City added 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.2%. In the latest year it moved by +12.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,105. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Carson City covers 1.14 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,000 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Carson City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Carson City is in

All of Carson City's residents live in Montcalm County, which had 69,314 residents in 2024. Carson City holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Carson City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Carson City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48811. 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 Carson City is

The Census internal point of Carson City is at 43.181500, -84.845200. Lansing, the capital, is 34.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fowler, MI (1,234 people), 13.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 35.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 43.181500, -84.845200
DMS: 43°10'53.40"N 84°50'42.72"W
UTM: 16N 675119.0E 4783224.4N
Geohash: dpettkcw7
Plus code: 86MQ55J3+JW

Daylight in Carson City

At 43.18° N, Carson 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 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Carson City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Fowler, 13.3 miles away, with 1,234 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Carson City, MI?

1,140 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 35 (3.2%) from 1,105 in July 2020.

What county is Carson City in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Carson City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48811.

How far is Carson City from Lansing?

34.2 miles (55.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Carson City.

What is the nearest larger city to Carson City?

Fowler, MI, with 1,234 residents, 13.4 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.