Michigan · Census place 2641340

Ithaca, Michigan

Ithaca is a city in Gratiot County, Michigan with an estimated 2,813 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 212th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,813
#212 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-36 people
Land area
5.7 sq mi
+ 0.16 sq mi water
Density
492 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Ithaca. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Ithaca population, 2020 to 2024

Ithaca lost 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -5.

2,84920202,84020212,81320222,81820232,8132024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,855. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ithaca covers 5.72 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 492 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Ithaca is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ithaca is in

All of Ithaca's residents live in Gratiot County, which had 41,372 residents in 2024. Ithaca holds 6.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ithaca

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ithaca by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48847. 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 Ithaca is

The Census internal point of Ithaca is at 43.291100, -84.595700. Lansing, the capital, is 38.5 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alma, MI (9,349 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 39.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.291100, -84.595700
DMS
43°17'27.96"N 84°35'44.52"W
UTM
16N 695046.4E 4795948.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MQ7CR3+CP

Daylight in Ithaca

At 43.29° N, Ithaca gets about 15 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ithaca

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Alma, 6.8 miles away, with 9,349 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ithaca, MI?

2,813 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 36 (1.3%) from 2,849 in July 2020.

What county is Ithaca in?

Gratiot County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Ithaca?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48847.

How far is Ithaca from Lansing?

38.5 miles (62.0 km) in a straight line, heading S from Ithaca.

What is the nearest larger city to Ithaca?

Alma, MI, with 9,349 residents, 6.8 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.