Michigan · Census place 2619140

Crystal Falls, Michigan

Crystal Falls is a city in Iron County, Michigan with an estimated 1,601 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 287th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,601
#287 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+0.6%
+9 people
Land area
3.5 sq mi
+ 0.14 sq mi water
Density
459 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Crystal Falls. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Crystal Falls population, 2020 to 2024

Crystal Falls added 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,593. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Crystal Falls covers 3.49 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 459 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Crystal Falls is less dense than the typical town.

What county Crystal Falls is in

All of Crystal Falls's residents live in Iron County, which had 11,709 residents in 2024. Crystal Falls holds 13.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Crystal Falls

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Crystal Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49920. 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 Crystal Falls is

The Census internal point of Crystal Falls is at 46.090200, -88.321400. Lansing, the capital, is 297.1 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Iron River, MI (3,017 people), 15.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 109.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.090200, -88.321400
DMS
46°05'24.72"N 88°19'17.04"W
UTM
16N 397847.7E 5104918.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86RH3MRH+3C

Daylight in Crystal Falls

At 46.09° N, Crystal Falls gets about 15 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 38 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Crystal Falls

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Iron River, 15.1 miles away, with 3,017 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Crystal Falls, MI?

1,601 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 9 (0.6%) from 1,592 in July 2020.

What county is Crystal Falls in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Crystal Falls?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49920.

How far is Crystal Falls from Lansing?

297.1 miles (478.2 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Crystal Falls.

What is the nearest larger city to Crystal Falls?

Iron River, MI, with 3,017 residents, 15.1 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.