Michigan · Census place 2647820
Linden, Michigan
Linden is a city in Genesee County, Michigan with an estimated 4,185 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 170th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,185
- #170 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- +1.0%
- +40 people
- Land area
- 2.4 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,773 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Linden population, 2020 to 2024
Linden added 40 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +23.
Linden covers 2.36 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,773 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Linden is less dense than the typical town.
What county Linden is in
All of Linden's residents live in Genesee County, which had 402,279 residents in 2024. Linden holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Linden
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Linden by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48451. 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 Linden is
The Census internal point of Linden is at 42.819200, -83.781200. Lansing, the capital, is 39.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fenton, MI (11,882 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Ann Arbor, MI, 37.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.819200, -83.781200
- DMS
- 42°49'9.12"N 83°46'52.32"W
- UTM
- 17N 272638.5E 4744489.8N
- Geohash
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- Plus code
- 86JRR699+MG
Daylight in Linden
At 42.82° N, Linden gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Linden
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Fenton, 3.5 miles away, with 11,882 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Linden, MI?
4,185 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 40 (1.0%) from 4,145 in July 2020.
What county is Linden in?
Genesee County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Linden?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48451.
How far is Linden from Lansing?
39.7 miles (63.9 km) in a straight line, heading W from Linden.
What is the nearest larger city to Linden?
Fenton, MI, with 11,882 residents, 3.5 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.