Michigan · Census place 2618920

Croswell, Michigan

Croswell is a city in Sanilac County, Michigan with an estimated 2,289 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 235th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,289
#235 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-1.0%
-22 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
+ 0.12 sq mi water
Density
970 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Croswell. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Croswell population, 2020 to 2024

Croswell lost 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -9.

2,31120202,31020212,30820222,29820232,2892024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,318. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Croswell covers 2.36 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 970 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Croswell is less dense than the typical town.

What county Croswell is in

All of Croswell's residents live in Sanilac County, which had 40,293 residents in 2024. Croswell holds 5.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Croswell

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Croswell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48422. 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 Croswell is

The Census internal point of Croswell is at 43.272800, -82.616700. Lansing, the capital, is 104.8 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sandusky, MI (2,679 people), 14.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sterling Heights, MI, 52.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.272800, -82.616700
DMS
43°16'22.08"N 82°37'0.12"W
UTM
17N 368808.8E 4792378.4N
Geohash
dptq0j867
Plus code
86MV79FM+48

Daylight in Croswell

At 43.27° N, Croswell gets about 15 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Croswell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Yale, 13.5 miles away, with 1,878 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Croswell, MI?

2,289 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 22 (1.0%) from 2,311 in July 2020.

What county is Croswell in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Croswell?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48422.

How far is Croswell from Lansing?

104.8 miles (168.6 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Croswell.

What is the nearest larger city to Croswell?

Sandusky, MI, with 2,679 residents, 14.9 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.