Michigan · Census place 2615920

Clare, Michigan

Clare is a city in 2 counties of Michigan with an estimated 3,293 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 193rd largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,293
#193 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+33 people
Land area
3.7 sq mi
+ 0.11 sq mi water
Density
883 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Clare. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Lansing.

Clare population, 2020 to 2024

Clare added 33 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

3,26020203,28520213,29820223,29420233,2932024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,262. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Clare covers 3.73 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 883 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Clare is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Clare spans

Clare crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 3,293 residents as follows; Clare County holds 97.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Clare County3,214
  2. 02Isabella County79
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Clare

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clare by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48617. 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 Clare is

The Census internal point of Clare is at 43.826000, -84.761800. Lansing, the capital, is 76.2 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mount Pleasant, MI (21,090 people), 15.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Rapids, MI, 74.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.826000, -84.761800
DMS
43°49'33.60"N 84°45'42.48"W
UTM
16N 679971.2E 4854982.1N
Geohash
dpg9r4q2f
Plus code
86MQR6GQ+C7

Daylight in Clare

At 43.83° N, Clare gets about 15 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clare

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Coleman, 9.9 miles away, with 1,262 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Clare, MI?

3,293 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 33 (1.0%) from 3,260 in July 2020.

What county is Clare in?

It spans 2 counties: Clare County (3,214 residents), Isabella County (79 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Clare?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48617.

How far is Clare from Lansing?

76.2 miles (122.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Clare.

What is the nearest larger city to Clare?

Mount Pleasant, MI, with 21,090 residents, 15.8 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.