Michigan · Census place 2657760

Niles, Michigan

Niles is a city in Berrien County, Michigan with an estimated 11,738 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 80th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,738
#80 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-1.9%
-230 people
Land area
5.8 sq mi
+ 0.16 sq mi water
Density
2,027 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Niles. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Niles population, 2020 to 2024

Niles lost 230 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +47. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 118th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Niles is 97% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,987. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Niles covers 5.79 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 2,027 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Niles is less dense than the typical town.

What county Niles is in

All of Niles's residents live in Berrien County, which had 152,703 residents in 2024. Niles holds 7.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Niles

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Niles by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49120. 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 Niles is

The Census internal point of Niles is at 41.834500, -86.247900. Lansing, the capital, is 106.5 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is South Bend, IN (103,713 people), 10.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.834500, -86.247900
DMS
41°50'4.20"N 86°14'52.44"W
UTM
16N 562448.5E 4631674.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HMRQM2+RR

Daylight in Niles

At 41.83° N, Niles gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Niles

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Buchanan, 6.1 miles away, with 4,169 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Niles, MI?

11,738 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 230 (1.9%) from 11,968 in July 2020.

What county is Niles in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Niles?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49120.

How far is Niles from Lansing?

106.5 miles (171.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Niles.

What is the nearest larger city to Niles?

South Bend, IN, with 103,713 residents, 10.9 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.