Michigan · Census place 2636960
Hartford, Michigan
Hartford is a city in Van Buren County, Michigan with an estimated 2,465 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 225th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,465
- #225 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- -1.7%
- -43 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 1,812 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Hartford population, 2020 to 2024
Hartford lost 43 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -9.
Hartford covers 1.36 square miles of land, for 1,812 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Hartford is less dense than the typical town.
What county Hartford is in
All of Hartford's residents live in Van Buren County, which had 76,129 residents in 2024. Hartford holds 3.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Hartford
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hartford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49057. 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 Hartford is
The Census internal point of Hartford is at 42.205000, -86.166100. Lansing, the capital, is 89.9 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Paw Paw, MI (3,408 people), 14.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 36.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.205000, -86.166100
- DMS
- 42°12'18.00"N 86°09'57.96"W
- UTM
- 16N 568839.7E 4672874.1N
- Geohash
- dpd8p5pvb
- Plus code
- 86JM6R3M+XH
Daylight in Hartford
At 42.21° N, Hartford gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Hartford
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Watervliet, 4.9 miles away, with 1,707 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Hartford, MI?
2,465 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 43 (1.7%) from 2,508 in July 2020.
What county is Hartford in?
Van Buren County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Hartford?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49057.
How far is Hartford from Lansing?
89.9 miles (144.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Hartford.
What is the nearest larger city to Hartford?
Paw Paw, MI, with 3,408 residents, 14.0 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.