Michigan · Census place 2631720
Gaylord, Michigan
Gaylord is a city in Otsego County, Michigan with an estimated 4,433 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 167th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,433
- #167 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- +3.1%
- +135 people
- Land area
- 5.2 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 851 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Gaylord population, 2020 to 2024
Gaylord added 135 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +44.
Gaylord covers 5.21 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 851 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Gaylord is less dense than the typical town.
What county Gaylord is in
All of Gaylord's residents live in Otsego County, which had 26,083 residents in 2024. Gaylord holds 17.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Gaylord
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gaylord by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49735. 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 Gaylord is
The Census internal point of Gaylord is at 45.019000, -84.680900. Lansing, the capital, is 158.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Petoskey, MI (5,810 people), 28.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Rapids, MI, 150.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.019000, -84.680900
- DMS
- 45°01'8.40"N 84°40'51.24"W
- UTM
- 16N 682720.2E 4987677.4N
- Geohash
- f05b153q8
- Plus code
- 86QQ2899+JJ
Daylight in Gaylord
At 45.02° N, Gaylord gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Gaylord
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Mancelona, 20.3 miles away, with 1,391 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Gaylord, MI?
4,433 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 135 (3.1%) from 4,298 in July 2020.
What county is Gaylord in?
Otsego County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Gaylord?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49735.
How far is Gaylord from Lansing?
158.0 miles (254.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Gaylord.
What is the nearest larger city to Gaylord?
Petoskey, MI, with 5,810 residents, 28.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.