Ludington, Michigan

Ludington population, 2020 to 2024

Ludington lost 105 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -67. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 106th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Ludington is 62% of it.

Ludington covers 3.36 square miles of land and 0.25 of water, for 2,255 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Ludington is close to the typical town.

What county Ludington is in

All of Ludington's residents live in Mason County, which had 29,093 residents in 2024. Ludington holds 26.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ludington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ludington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49431. 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 Ludington is

The Census internal point of Ludington is at 43.957200, -86.442900. Lansing, the capital, is 127.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Big Rapids, MI (8,565 people), 51.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Rapids, MI, 79.3 miles away.

Daylight in Ludington

At 43.96° N, Ludington gets about 15 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ludington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Scottville, 8.1 miles away, with 1,355 people.