Michigan · Census place 2634480

Grass Lake, Michigan

Grass Lake is a village in Jackson County, Michigan with an estimated 1,101 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 341st largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,101
#341 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-0.7%
-8 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
1,171 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Grass Lake. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Grass Lake population, 2020 to 2024

Grass Lake lost 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,111. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Grass Lake covers 0.94 square miles of land, for 1,171 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Grass Lake is less dense than the typical town.

What county Grass Lake is in

All of Grass Lake's residents live in Jackson County, which had 160,233 residents in 2024. Grass Lake holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Grass Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Grass Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 49240. 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 Grass Lake is

The Census internal point of Grass Lake is at 42.250800, -84.206200. Lansing, the capital, is 37.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jackson, MI (30,920 people), 10.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Ann Arbor, MI, 24.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.250800, -84.206200
DMS
42°15'2.88"N 84°12'22.32"W
UTM
16N 730474.0E 4681402.6N
Geohash
dps07gdbt
Plus code
86JQ7Q2V+8G

Daylight in Grass Lake

At 42.25° N, Grass Lake gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Grass Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Jackson, 10.2 miles away, with 30,920 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Grass Lake, MI?

1,101 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 8 (0.7%) from 1,109 in July 2020.

What county is Grass Lake in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Grass Lake?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49240.

How far is Grass Lake from Lansing?

37.8 miles (60.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Grass Lake.

What is the nearest larger city to Grass Lake?

Jackson, MI, with 30,920 residents, 10.2 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.