Muskegon Heights, Michigan

Muskegon Heights population, 2020 to 2024

Muskegon Heights lost 98 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +2. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 90th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Muskegon Heights is 81% of it.

Muskegon Heights covers 3.19 square miles of land, for 3,074 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Muskegon Heights is denser than the typical town.

What county Muskegon Heights is in

All of Muskegon Heights's residents live in Muskegon County, which had 177,428 residents in 2024. Muskegon Heights holds 5.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Muskegon Heights

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Muskegon Heights by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49444. 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 Muskegon Heights is

The Census internal point of Muskegon Heights is at 43.201900, -86.241000. Lansing, the capital, is 91.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Muskegon, MI (37,287 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Rapids, MI, 33.9 miles away.

Daylight in Muskegon Heights

At 43.20° N, Muskegon Heights gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Muskegon Heights

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Roosevelt Park, 1.6 miles away, with 4,133 people.