Romulus, Michigan

Romulus population, 2020 to 2024

Romulus lost 446 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +3. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 116th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Romulus is 2.0 times that size.

Romulus covers 35.61 square miles of land and 0.35 of water, for 692 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Romulus is less dense than the typical town.

What county Romulus is in

All of Romulus's residents live in Wayne County, which had 1,771,063 residents in 2024. Romulus 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 Romulus

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Romulus by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48174, 48242. 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 Romulus is

The Census internal point of Romulus is at 42.223600, -83.366000. Lansing, the capital, is 70.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Taylor, MI (61,544 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dearborn, MI, 10.0 miles away.

Daylight in Romulus

At 42.22° N, Romulus gets about 15 h 16 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 Romulus

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Wayne, 3.9 miles away, with 17,129 people.