Michigan · Census place 2655100

Montague, Michigan

Montague is a city in Muskegon County, Michigan with an estimated 2,425 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 226th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,425; #226 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020: +0.3%; +7 people
Land area: 2.6 sq mi; + 0.52 sq mi water
Density: 922 / sq mi; State median 2,478

Orange pin: Montague. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

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Montague population, 2020 to 2024

Montague added 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,417. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Montague covers 2.63 square miles of land and 0.52 of water, for 922 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Montague is less dense than the typical town.

What county Montague is in

All of Montague's residents live in Muskegon County, which had 177,428 residents in 2024. Montague holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Montague

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Montague by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49437. 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 Montague is

The Census internal point of Montague is at 43.412600, -86.363100. Lansing, the capital, is 102.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Whitehall, MI (3,130 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Rapids, MI, 47.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 43.412600, -86.363100
DMS: 43°24'45.36"N 86°21'47.16"W
UTM: 16N 551564.0E 4806831.9N
Geohash: dpdwfz029
Plus code: 86MMCJ7P+2Q

Daylight in Montague

At 43.41° N, Montague gets about 15 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Montague

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Whitehall, 1.4 miles away, with 3,130 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Montague, MI?

2,425 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7 (0.3%) from 2,418 in July 2020.

What county is Montague in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Montague?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49437.

How far is Montague from Lansing?

102.6 miles (165.1 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Montague.

What is the nearest larger city to Montague?

Whitehall, MI, with 3,130 residents, 1.4 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.

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