Michigan · Census place 2652380

Mattawan, Michigan

Mattawan is a village in Van Buren County, Michigan with an estimated 2,869 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 208th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,869
#208 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+12.4%
+316 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
753 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Mattawan. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Mattawan population, 2020 to 2024

Mattawan added 316 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.4%. In the latest year it moved by +107.

2,55320202,61720212,68020222,76220232,8692024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,555. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mattawan covers 3.81 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 753 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Mattawan is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mattawan is in

All of Mattawan's residents live in Van Buren County, which had 76,129 residents in 2024. Mattawan holds 3.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mattawan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mattawan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 49071. 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 Mattawan is

The Census internal point of Mattawan is at 42.215600, -85.795800. Lansing, the capital, is 72.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Paw Paw, MI (3,408 people), 4.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 44.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.215600, -85.795800
DMS
42°12'56.16"N 85°47'44.88"W
UTM
16N 599392.4E 4674416.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JP6683+6M

Daylight in Mattawan

At 42.22° N, Mattawan 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 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mattawan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Lawton, 4.2 miles away, with 1,876 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mattawan, MI?

2,869 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 316 (12.4%) from 2,553 in July 2020.

What county is Mattawan in?

Van Buren County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Mattawan?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49071.

How far is Mattawan from Lansing?

72.7 miles (117.0 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Mattawan.

What is the nearest larger city to Mattawan?

Paw Paw, MI, with 3,408 residents, 4.9 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.