Michigan · Census place 2668880

Riverview, Michigan

Riverview is a city in Wayne County, Michigan with an estimated 12,011 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 78th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,011
#78 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-3.5%
-433 people
Land area
4.6 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
2,628 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Riverview. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Riverview population, 2020 to 2024

Riverview lost 433 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.5%. In the latest year it moved by +4. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 148th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Riverview is 99% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,488. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Riverview covers 4.57 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 2,628 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Riverview is close to the typical town.

What county Riverview is in

All of Riverview's residents live in Wayne County, which had 1,771,063 residents in 2024. Riverview holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Riverview

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Riverview by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48193. 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 Riverview is

The Census internal point of Riverview is at 42.173500, -83.198400. Lansing, the capital, is 79.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Southgate, MI (29,081 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dearborn, MI, 9.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.173500, -83.198400
DMS
42°10'24.60"N 83°11'54.24"W
UTM
17N 318424.7E 4671379.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JR5RF2+CJ

Daylight in Riverview

At 42.17° N, Riverview gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Riverview

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Southgate, 2.2 miles away, with 29,081 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Riverview, MI?

12,011 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 433 (3.5%) from 12,444 in July 2020.

What county is Riverview in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Riverview?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48193.

How far is Riverview from Lansing?

79.3 miles (127.6 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Riverview.

What is the nearest larger city to Riverview?

Southgate, MI, with 29,081 residents, 2.2 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.