Michigan · Census place 2639500
Howard City, Michigan
Howard City is a village in Montcalm County, Michigan with an estimated 1,924 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 259th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,924
- #259 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- +4.7%
- +87 people
- Land area
- 2.4 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 795 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Howard City population, 2020 to 2024
Howard City added 87 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.7%. In the latest year it moved by +26.
Howard City covers 2.42 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 795 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Howard City is less dense than the typical town.
What county Howard City is in
All of Howard City's residents live in Montcalm County, which had 69,314 residents in 2024. Howard City holds 2.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Howard City
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Howard City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 49329. 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 Howard City is
The Census internal point of Howard City is at 43.393300, -85.466100. Lansing, the capital, is 64.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cedar Springs, MI (3,749 people), 12.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Rapids, MI, 31.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.393300, -85.466100
- DMS
- 43°23'35.88"N 85°27'57.96"W
- UTM
- 16N 624226.1E 4805634.1N
- Geohash
- dpenz5t2r
- Plus code
- 86MP9GVM+8H
Daylight in Howard City
At 43.39° N, Howard City gets about 15 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Howard City
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Lakeview, 10.6 miles away, with 1,053 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Howard City, MI?
1,924 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 87 (4.7%) from 1,837 in July 2020.
What county is Howard City in?
Montcalm County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Howard City?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49329.
How far is Howard City from Lansing?
64.7 miles (104.2 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Howard City.
What is the nearest larger city to Howard City?
Cedar Springs, MI, with 3,749 residents, 12.7 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.