Inkster, Michigan

Inkster population, 2020 to 2024

Inkster lost 872 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.4%. In the latest year it moved by -8. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 147th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Inkster is 2.1 times that size.

Inkster covers 6.25 square miles of land, for 4,017 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Inkster is denser than the typical town.

What county Inkster is in

All of Inkster's residents live in Wayne County, which had 1,771,063 residents in 2024. Inkster holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Inkster

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Inkster by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48141. 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 Inkster is

The Census internal point of Inkster is at 42.293900, -83.320300. Lansing, the capital, is 69.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Garden City, MI (26,410 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dearborn, MI, 5.7 miles away.

Daylight in Inkster

At 42.29° N, Inkster gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Inkster

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Garden City, 2.4 miles away, with 26,410 people.