Michigan · Census place 2634640

Grayling, Michigan

Grayling is a city in Crawford County, Michigan with an estimated 1,949 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 254th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,949
#254 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+5.1%
+95 people
Land area
2.1 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
951 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Grayling. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

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Grayling population, 2020 to 2024

Grayling added 95 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.1%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,855. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Grayling covers 2.05 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 951 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Grayling is less dense than the typical town.

What county Grayling is in

All of Grayling's residents live in Crawford County, which had 13,599 residents in 2024. Grayling holds 14.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Grayling

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Grayling by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49738. 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 Grayling is

The Census internal point of Grayling is at 44.658000, -84.711100. Lansing, the capital, is 133.2 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kalkaska, MI (2,255 people), 23.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Rapids, MI, 126.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.658000, -84.711100
DMS
44°39'28.80"N 84°42'39.96"W
UTM
16N 681470.9E 4947508.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86PQM75Q+6H

Daylight in Grayling

At 44.66° N, Grayling gets about 15 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Grayling

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Kalkaska, 23.8 miles away, with 2,255 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Grayling, MI?

1,949 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 95 (5.1%) from 1,854 in July 2020.

What county is Grayling in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Grayling?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49738.

How far is Grayling from Lansing?

133.2 miles (214.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Grayling.

What is the nearest larger city to Grayling?

Kalkaska, MI, with 2,255 residents, 23.8 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.

  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.