Michigan · Census place 2655820

Mount Clemens, Michigan

Mount Clemens is a city in Macomb County, Michigan with an estimated 15,480 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 63rd largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
15,480
#63 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-1.2%
-192 people
Land area
4.1 sq mi
+ 0.11 sq mi water
Density
3,785 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Mount Clemens. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Mount Clemens population, 2020 to 2024

Mount Clemens lost 192 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +56. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 99th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Mount Clemens is 1.3 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,703. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mount Clemens covers 4.09 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 3,785 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Mount Clemens is denser than the typical town.

What county Mount Clemens is in

All of Mount Clemens's residents live in Macomb County, which had 886,175 residents in 2024. Mount Clemens holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mount Clemens

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mount Clemens by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48043. 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 Mount Clemens is

The Census internal point of Mount Clemens is at 42.598100, -82.881500. Lansing, the capital, is 85.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Roseville, MI (47,047 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sterling Heights, MI, 7.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.598100, -82.881500
DMS
42°35'53.16"N 82°52'53.40"W
UTM
17N 345643.9E 4717901.8N
Geohash
dpt43fxxc
Plus code
86JVH4X9+69

Daylight in Mount Clemens

At 42.60° N, Mount Clemens 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 Mount Clemens

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Fraser, 5.3 miles away, with 14,549 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mount Clemens, MI?

15,480 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 192 (1.2%) from 15,672 in July 2020.

What county is Mount Clemens in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Mount Clemens?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48043.

How far is Mount Clemens from Lansing?

85.5 miles (137.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Mount Clemens.

What is the nearest larger city to Mount Clemens?

Roseville, MI, with 47,047 residents, 6.8 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.