River Rouge, Michigan

River Rouge population, 2020 to 2024

River Rouge lost 326 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.5%. In the latest year it moved by -26. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 151st; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so River Rouge is 57% of it.

River Rouge covers 2.67 square miles of land and 0.72 of water, for 2,576 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so River Rouge is close to the typical town.

What county River Rouge is in

All of River Rouge's residents live in Wayne County, which had 1,771,063 residents in 2024. River Rouge holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in River Rouge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps River Rouge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48218. 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 River Rouge is

The Census internal point of River Rouge is at 42.274300, -83.124200. Lansing, the capital, is 79.5 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ecorse, MI (8,938 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dearborn, MI, 5.2 miles away.

Daylight in River Rouge

At 42.27° N, River Rouge gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near River Rouge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Ecorse, 1.9 miles away, with 8,938 people.