Michigan · Census place 2671860

Schoolcraft, Michigan

Schoolcraft is a village in Kalamazoo County, Michigan with an estimated 1,448 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 299th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,448
#299 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-1.2%
-18 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
1,478 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Schoolcraft. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Schoolcraft population, 2020 to 2024

Schoolcraft lost 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,469. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Schoolcraft covers 0.98 square miles of land, for 1,478 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Schoolcraft is less dense than the typical town.

What county Schoolcraft is in

All of Schoolcraft's residents live in Kalamazoo County, which had 264,780 residents in 2024. Schoolcraft holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Schoolcraft

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Schoolcraft by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 49087. 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 Schoolcraft is

The Census internal point of Schoolcraft is at 42.116900, -85.633700. Lansing, the capital, is 69.6 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Vicksburg, MI (3,976 people), 4.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 44.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.116900, -85.633700
DMS
42°07'0.84"N 85°38'1.32"W
UTM
16N 612947.5E 4663658.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JP4988+QG

Daylight in Schoolcraft

At 42.12° N, Schoolcraft 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 Schoolcraft

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Vicksburg, 4.9 miles away, with 3,976 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Schoolcraft, MI?

1,448 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 18 (1.2%) from 1,466 in July 2020.

What county is Schoolcraft in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Schoolcraft?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49087.

How far is Schoolcraft from Lansing?

69.6 miles (112.0 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Schoolcraft.

What is the nearest larger city to Schoolcraft?

Vicksburg, MI, with 3,976 residents, 4.9 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.