Michigan · Census place 2623140

Dryden, Michigan

Dryden is a village in Lapeer County, Michigan with an estimated 1,031 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 350th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,031
#350 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-0.2%
-2 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
937 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Dryden. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Dryden population, 2020 to 2024

Dryden lost 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,034. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Dryden covers 1.10 square miles of land, for 937 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Dryden is less dense than the typical town.

What county Dryden is in

All of Dryden's residents live in Lapeer County, which had 89,168 residents in 2024. Dryden holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dryden

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dryden by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 48428. 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 Dryden is

The Census internal point of Dryden is at 42.945600, -83.124000. Lansing, the capital, is 74.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Almont, MI (2,844 people), 4.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sterling Heights, MI, 25.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.945600, -83.124000
DMS
42°56'44.16"N 83°07'26.40"W
UTM
17N 326720.7E 4756962.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JRWVWG+69

Daylight in Dryden

At 42.95° N, Dryden gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dryden

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Almont, 4.4 miles away, with 2,844 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Dryden, MI?

1,031 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2 (0.2%) from 1,033 in July 2020.

What county is Dryden in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Dryden?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48428.

How far is Dryden from Lansing?

74.0 miles (119.0 km) in a straight line, heading W from Dryden.

What is the nearest larger city to Dryden?

Almont, MI, with 2,844 residents, 4.4 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.