Michigan · Census place 2635480
Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Grosse Pointe is a city in Wayne County, Michigan with an estimated 5,526 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 144th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,526
- #144 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- -2.2%
- -124 people
- Land area
- 1.1 sq mi
- + 1.19 sq mi water
- Density
- 5,213 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Grosse Pointe population, 2020 to 2024
Grosse Pointe lost 124 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +59. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 121st; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Grosse Pointe is 46% of it.
Grosse Pointe covers 1.06 square miles of land and 1.19 of water, for 5,213 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Grosse Pointe is denser than the typical town.
What county Grosse Pointe is in
All of Grosse Pointe's residents live in Wayne County, which had 1,771,063 residents in 2024. Grosse Pointe 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 Grosse Pointe
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Grosse Pointe by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48230. 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 Grosse Pointe is
The Census internal point of Grosse Pointe is at 42.383900, -82.903900. Lansing, the capital, is 87.4 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (9,794 people), 1.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Warren, MI, 9.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.383900, -82.903900
- DMS
- 42°23'2.04"N 82°54'14.04"W
- UTM
- 17N 343272.1E 4694157.3N
- Geohash
- dpt117z0p
- Plus code
- 86JV93MW+HC
Daylight in Grosse Pointe
At 42.38° N, Grosse Pointe gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Grosse Pointe
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Grosse Pointe Farms, 1.2 miles away, with 9,794 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Grosse Pointe, MI?
5,526 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 124 (2.2%) from 5,650 in July 2020.
What county is Grosse Pointe in?
Wayne County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Grosse Pointe?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48230.
How far is Grosse Pointe from Lansing?
87.4 miles (140.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Grosse Pointe.
What is the nearest larger city to Grosse Pointe?
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, with 9,794 residents, 1.2 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.
- 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.