Michigan · Census place 2615140

Chesaning, Michigan

Chesaning is a village in Saginaw County, Michigan with an estimated 2,400 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 227th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,400
#227 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-2.2%
-54 people
Land area
3.1 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
782 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Chesaning. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Chesaning population, 2020 to 2024

Chesaning lost 54 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -9.

2,45420202,44320212,42320222,40920232,4002024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,458. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Chesaning covers 3.07 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 782 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Chesaning is less dense than the typical town.

What county Chesaning is in

All of Chesaning's residents live in Saginaw County, which had 187,714 residents in 2024. Chesaning holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chesaning

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chesaning by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 48616. 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 Chesaning is

The Census internal point of Chesaning is at 43.184600, -84.119900. Lansing, the capital, is 38.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Owosso, MI (14,544 people), 13.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 39.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.184600, -84.119900
DMS
43°11'4.56"N 84°07'11.64"W
UTM
16N 734054.6E 4785342.2N
Geohash
dpsjtv9b8
Plus code
86MQ5VMJ+R2

Daylight in Chesaning

At 43.18° N, Chesaning 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 Chesaning

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is St. Charles, 8.0 miles away, with 1,945 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Chesaning, MI?

2,400 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 54 (2.2%) from 2,454 in July 2020.

What county is Chesaning in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Chesaning?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48616.

How far is Chesaning from Lansing?

38.1 miles (61.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Chesaning.

What is the nearest larger city to Chesaning?

Owosso, MI, with 14,544 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.

  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.