Eaton Rapids, Michigan

Eaton Rapids population, 2020 to 2024

Eaton Rapids lost 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +8. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 76th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Eaton Rapids is 43% of it.

Eaton Rapids covers 3.63 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 1,428 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Eaton Rapids is less dense than the typical town.

What county Eaton Rapids is in

All of Eaton Rapids's residents live in Eaton County, which had 109,494 residents in 2024. Eaton Rapids holds 4.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Eaton Rapids

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Eaton Rapids by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48827. 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 Eaton Rapids is

The Census internal point of Eaton Rapids is at 42.509700, -84.651900. Lansing, the capital, is 16.3 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Charlotte, MI (9,301 people), 9.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 14.9 miles away.

Daylight in Eaton Rapids

At 42.51° N, Eaton Rapids gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Eaton Rapids

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Potterville, 9.5 miles away, with 3,121 people.