Michigan · Census place 2632020
Gibraltar, Michigan
Gibraltar is a city in Wayne County, Michigan with an estimated 4,819 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 157th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,819
- #157 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- -3.3%
- -162 people
- Land area
- 3.7 sq mi
- + 0.72 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,306 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Gibraltar population, 2020 to 2024
Gibraltar lost 162 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +7.
Gibraltar covers 3.69 square miles of land and 0.72 of water, for 1,306 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Gibraltar is less dense than the typical town.
What county Gibraltar is in
All of Gibraltar's residents live in Wayne County, which had 1,771,063 residents in 2024. Gibraltar holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Gibraltar
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gibraltar by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48173. 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 Gibraltar is
The Census internal point of Gibraltar is at 42.105400, -83.201000. Lansing, the capital, is 81.6 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Trenton, MI (17,957 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dearborn, MI, 14.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.105400, -83.201000
- DMS
- 42°06'19.44"N 83°12'3.60"W
- UTM
- 17N 318014.9E 4663823.1N
- Geohash
- dpkzd9ncs
- Plus code
- 86JR4Q4X+5H
Daylight in Gibraltar
At 42.11° N, Gibraltar gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Gibraltar
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Trenton, 2.4 miles away, with 17,957 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Gibraltar, MI?
4,819 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 162 (3.3%) from 4,981 in July 2020.
What county is Gibraltar in?
Wayne County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Gibraltar?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48173.
How far is Gibraltar from Lansing?
81.6 miles (131.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Gibraltar.
What is the nearest larger city to Gibraltar?
Trenton, MI, with 17,957 residents, 2.4 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.
- 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.