East Lansing, Michigan

East Lansing population, 2020 to 2024

East Lansing added 943 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -196. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 24th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so East Lansing is 4.0 times that size.

East Lansing covers 13.43 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 3,646 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so East Lansing is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties East Lansing spans

East Lansing crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 48,964 residents as follows; Ingham County holds 95.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in East Lansing

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap East Lansing by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48823, 48824, 48825. 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 East Lansing is

The Census internal point of East Lansing is at 42.748900, -84.482400. Lansing, the capital, is 3.8 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lansing, MI (114,336 people), 4.7 miles away.

Daylight in East Lansing

At 42.75° N, East Lansing gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near East Lansing

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Lansing, 4.6 miles away, with 114,336 people.