Michigan · Census place 2659920

Oak Park, Michigan

Oak Park is a city in Oakland County, Michigan with an estimated 29,402 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 37th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
29,402
#37 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-0.3%
-88 people
Land area
5.2 sq mi
Density
5,709 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Oak Park. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Oak Park population, 2020 to 2024

Oak Park lost 88 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +212. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 69th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Oak Park is 2.4 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 29,570. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Oak Park covers 5.15 square miles of land, for 5,709 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Oak Park is denser than the typical town.

What county Oak Park is in

All of Oak Park's residents live in Oakland County, which had 1,296,888 residents in 2024. Oak Park holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Oak Park

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Oak Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48237. 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 Oak Park is

The Census internal point of Oak Park is at 42.464900, -83.182400. Lansing, the capital, is 72.2 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Royal Oak, MI (58,251 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Detroit, MI, 7.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.464900, -83.182400
DMS
42°27'53.64"N 83°10'56.64"W
UTM
17N 320576.5E 4703703.3N
Geohash
dpsce4krv
Plus code
86JRFR79+X2

Daylight in Oak Park

At 42.46° N, Oak Park gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Oak Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Huntington Woods, 1.4 miles away, with 6,345 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Oak Park, MI?

29,402 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 88 (0.3%) from 29,490 in July 2020.

What county is Oak Park in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Oak Park?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48237.

How far is Oak Park from Lansing?

72.2 miles (116.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Oak Park.

What is the nearest larger city to Oak Park?

Royal Oak, MI, with 58,251 residents, 3.3 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.