Michigan · Census place 2671660

Saranac, Michigan

Saranac is a village in Ionia County, Michigan with an estimated 1,379 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 311th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,379
#311 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+0.3%
+4 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
1,199 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Saranac. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Saranac population, 2020 to 2024

Saranac added 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

1,37520201,38220211,37920221,37820231,3792024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,374. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Saranac covers 1.15 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,199 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Saranac is less dense than the typical town.

What county Saranac is in

All of Saranac's residents live in Ionia County, which had 66,250 residents in 2024. Saranac holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Saranac

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Saranac by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 48881. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Saranac is

The Census internal point of Saranac is at 42.927300, -85.209500. Lansing, the capital, is 35.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lowell, MI (4,153 people), 7.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Rapids, MI, 22.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.927300, -85.209500
DMS
42°55'38.28"N 85°12'34.20"W
UTM
16N 646114.4E 4754296.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JPWQGR+W6

Daylight in Saranac

At 42.93° N, Saranac gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Saranac

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Lowell, 6.9 miles away, with 4,153 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Saranac, MI?

1,379 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4 (0.3%) from 1,375 in July 2020.

What county is Saranac in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Saranac?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48881.

How far is Saranac from Lansing?

35.8 miles (57.5 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Saranac.

What is the nearest larger city to Saranac?

Lowell, MI, with 4,153 residents, 7.0 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.