Michigan · Census place 2646500
Lawton, Michigan
Lawton is a village in Van Buren County, Michigan with an estimated 1,876 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 264th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,876
- #264 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- -0.7%
- -14 people
- Land area
- 2.3 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 819 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Lawton population, 2020 to 2024
Lawton lost 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1.
Lawton covers 2.29 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 819 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Lawton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lawton is in
All of Lawton's residents live in Van Buren County, which had 76,129 residents in 2024. Lawton holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lawton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lawton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 49065. 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 Lawton is
The Census internal point of Lawton is at 42.167300, -85.846500. Lansing, the capital, is 76.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Paw Paw, MI (3,408 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 40.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.167300, -85.846500
- DMS
- 42°10'2.28"N 85°50'47.40"W
- UTM
- 16N 595280.1E 4668995.5N
- Geohash
- dp6zys26r
- Plus code
- 86JP5583+WC
Daylight in Lawton
At 42.17° N, Lawton 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 Lawton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Paw Paw, 4.0 miles away, with 3,408 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lawton, MI?
1,876 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 14 (0.7%) from 1,890 in July 2020.
What county is Lawton in?
Van Buren County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lawton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49065.
How far is Lawton from Lansing?
76.6 miles (123.3 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Lawton.
What is the nearest larger city to Lawton?
Paw Paw, MI, with 3,408 residents, 4.0 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.