Michigan · Census place 2660580

Olivet, Michigan

Olivet is a city in Eaton County, Michigan with an estimated 1,533 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 292nd largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,533
#292 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-5.8%
-95 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
1,503 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Olivet. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Olivet population, 2020 to 2024

Olivet lost 95 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.8%. In the latest year it moved by +66.

1,62820201,47420211,59820221,46720231,5332024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,630. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Olivet covers 1.02 square miles of land, for 1,503 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Olivet is less dense than the typical town.

What county Olivet is in

All of Olivet's residents live in Eaton County, which had 109,494 residents in 2024. Olivet 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 Olivet

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Olivet by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49076. 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 Olivet is

The Census internal point of Olivet is at 42.443100, -84.930300. Lansing, the capital, is 27.7 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Charlotte, MI (9,301 people), 9.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 26.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.443100, -84.930300
DMS
42°26'35.16"N 84°55'49.08"W
UTM
16N 670216.7E 4701050.3N
Geohash
dpe97qe8u
Plus code
86JQC3V9+6V

Daylight in Olivet

At 42.44° N, Olivet 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 Olivet

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Bellevue, 4.5 miles away, with 1,345 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Olivet, MI?

1,533 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 95 (5.8%) from 1,628 in July 2020.

What county is Olivet in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Olivet?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49076.

How far is Olivet from Lansing?

27.7 miles (44.6 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Olivet.

What is the nearest larger city to Olivet?

Charlotte, MI, with 9,301 residents, 9.9 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.