Michigan · Census place 2653960

Milford, Michigan

Milford is a village in Oakland County, Michigan with an estimated 6,554 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 128th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,554
#128 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+49 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
2,675 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Milford. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Milford population, 2020 to 2024

Milford added 49 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +101. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 40th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Milford is 54% of it.

6,50520206,47820216,45120226,45320236,5542024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,521. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Milford covers 2.45 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 2,675 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Milford is close to the typical town.

What county Milford is in

All of Milford's residents live in Oakland County, which had 1,296,888 residents in 2024. Milford holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Milford

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Milford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 48381. 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 Milford is

The Census internal point of Milford is at 42.588500, -83.601600. Lansing, the capital, is 49.5 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wixom, MI (17,486 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Ann Arbor, MI, 22.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.588500, -83.601600
DMS
42°35'18.60"N 83°36'5.76"W
UTM
17N 286532.0E 4718401.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JRH9QX+C9

Daylight in Milford

At 42.59° N, Milford gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Milford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Wixom, 5.8 miles away, with 17,486 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Milford, MI?

6,554 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 49 (0.8%) from 6,505 in July 2020.

What county is Milford in?

Oakland County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Milford?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48381.

How far is Milford from Lansing?

49.5 miles (79.6 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Milford.

What is the nearest larger city to Milford?

Wixom, MI, with 17,486 residents, 5.8 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.