Michigan · Census place 2666100

Potterville, Michigan

Potterville is a city in Eaton County, Michigan with an estimated 3,121 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 199th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,121
#199 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+2.1%
+64 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
+ 0.14 sq mi water
Density
1,783 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Potterville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Potterville population, 2020 to 2024

Potterville added 64 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +23.

3,05720203,06920213,08120223,09820233,1212024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,055. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Potterville covers 1.75 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 1,783 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Potterville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Potterville is in

All of Potterville's residents live in Eaton County, which had 109,494 residents in 2024. Potterville holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Potterville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Potterville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48876. 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 Potterville is

The Census internal point of Potterville is at 42.629100, -84.745000. Lansing, the capital, is 12.1 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Charlotte, MI (9,301 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 11.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.629100, -84.745000
DMS
42°37'44.76"N 84°44'42.00"W
UTM
16N 684907.0E 4722093.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JQJ7H4+J2

Daylight in Potterville

At 42.63° N, Potterville 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 Potterville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Dimondale, 5.3 miles away, with 1,179 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Potterville, MI?

3,121 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 64 (2.1%) from 3,057 in July 2020.

What county is Potterville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Potterville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48876.

How far is Potterville from Lansing?

12.1 miles (19.4 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Potterville.

What is the nearest larger city to Potterville?

Charlotte, MI, with 9,301 residents, 6.2 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.