Hamtramck, Michigan

Hamtramck population, 2020 to 2024

Hamtramck lost 904 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.2%. In the latest year it moved by +12. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 139th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Hamtramck is 2.3 times that size.

Hamtramck covers 2.09 square miles of land, for 13,122 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Hamtramck is denser than the typical town.

What county Hamtramck is in

All of Hamtramck's residents live in Wayne County, which had 1,771,063 residents in 2024. Hamtramck holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hamtramck

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Hamtramck by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48211, 48212. 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 Hamtramck is

The Census internal point of Hamtramck is at 42.395400, -83.055900. Lansing, the capital, is 79.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Detroit, MI (645,705 people), 2.5 miles away.

Daylight in Hamtramck

At 42.40° N, Hamtramck 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 Hamtramck

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Highland Park, 2.2 miles away, with 8,390 people.