Michigan · Census place 2669180

Rockwood, Michigan

Rockwood is a city in Wayne County, Michigan with an estimated 3,148 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 196th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,148
#196 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-2.5%
-82 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
+ 0.18 sq mi water
Density
1,249 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Rockwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Rockwood population, 2020 to 2024

Rockwood lost 82 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

3,23020203,19320213,15020223,13820233,1482024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,242. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rockwood covers 2.52 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 1,249 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Rockwood is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rockwood is in

All of Rockwood's residents live in Wayne County, which had 1,771,063 residents in 2024. Rockwood holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rockwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rockwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48173. 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 Rockwood is

The Census internal point of Rockwood is at 42.070300, -83.241700. Lansing, the capital, is 81.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Flat Rock, MI (10,249 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dearborn, MI, 16.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.070300, -83.241700
DMS
42°04'13.08"N 83°14'30.12"W
UTM
17N 314547.3E 4660013.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JR3QC5+48

Daylight in Rockwood

At 42.07° N, Rockwood gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rockwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is South Rockwood, 1.7 miles away, with 1,583 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rockwood, MI?

3,148 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 82 (2.5%) from 3,230 in July 2020.

What county is Rockwood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rockwood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48173.

How far is Rockwood from Lansing?

81.2 miles (130.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Rockwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Rockwood?

Flat Rock, MI, with 10,249 residents, 2.4 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.