Michigan · Census place 2642260
Kalkaska, Michigan
Kalkaska is a village in Kalkaska County, Michigan with an estimated 2,255 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 236th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,255
- #236 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- +3.1%
- +68 people
- Land area
- 2.6 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 854 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Kalkaska population, 2020 to 2024
Kalkaska added 68 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +22.
Kalkaska covers 2.64 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 854 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Kalkaska is less dense than the typical town.
What county Kalkaska is in
All of Kalkaska's residents live in Kalkaska County, which had 18,618 residents in 2024. Kalkaska holds 12.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Kalkaska
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kalkaska by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 49646. 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 Kalkaska is
The Census internal point of Kalkaska is at 44.731600, -85.184300. Lansing, the capital, is 141.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Traverse City, MI (15,782 people), 20.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Rapids, MI, 124.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.731600, -85.184300
- DMS
- 44°43'53.76"N 85°11'3.48"W
- UTM
- 16N 643771.7E 4954738.8N
- Geohash
- dpgqmx4sm
- Plus code
- 86PPPRJ8+J7
Daylight in Kalkaska
At 44.73° N, Kalkaska gets about 15 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Kalkaska
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Mancelona, 13.3 miles away, with 1,391 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Kalkaska, MI?
2,255 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 68 (3.1%) from 2,187 in July 2020.
What county is Kalkaska in?
Kalkaska County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Kalkaska?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49646.
How far is Kalkaska from Lansing?
141.6 miles (227.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Kalkaska.
What is the nearest larger city to Kalkaska?
Traverse City, MI, with 15,782 residents, 20.6 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.