Michigan · Census place 2650560
Madison Heights, Michigan
Madison Heights is a city in Oakland County, Michigan with an estimated 28,626 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 39th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 28,626
- #39 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- +0.8%
- +231 people
- Land area
- 7.1 sq mi
- Density
- 4,038 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Madison Heights population, 2020 to 2024
Madison Heights added 231 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +241. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 38th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Madison Heights is 2.4 times that size.
Madison Heights covers 7.09 square miles of land, for 4,038 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Madison Heights is denser than the typical town.
What county Madison Heights is in
All of Madison Heights's residents live in Oakland County, which had 1,296,888 residents in 2024. Madison Heights holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Madison Heights
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Madison Heights by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48071. 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 Madison Heights is
The Census internal point of Madison Heights is at 42.507300, -83.103400. Lansing, the capital, is 75.4 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Royal Oak, MI (58,251 people), 2.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Warren, MI, 4.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.507300, -83.103400
- DMS
- 42°30'26.28"N 83°06'12.24"W
- UTM
- 17N 327188.4E 4708247.5N
- Geohash
- dpscufjyy
- Plus code
- 86JRGV4W+WJ
Daylight in Madison Heights
At 42.51° N, Madison Heights gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Madison Heights
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Royal Oak, 2.6 miles away, with 58,251 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Madison Heights, MI?
28,626 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 231 (0.8%) from 28,395 in July 2020.
What county is Madison Heights in?
Oakland County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Madison Heights?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48071.
How far is Madison Heights from Lansing?
75.4 miles (121.4 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Madison Heights.
What is the nearest larger city to Madison Heights?
Royal Oak, MI, with 58,251 residents, 2.5 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.