South Rockwood, Michigan

South Rockwood population, 2020 to 2024

South Rockwood lost 14 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

South Rockwood covers 3.28 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 483 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so South Rockwood is less dense than the typical town.

What county South Rockwood is in

All of South Rockwood's residents live in Monroe County, which had 156,045 residents in 2024. South Rockwood holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in South Rockwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps South Rockwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 48179. 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 South Rockwood is

The Census internal point of South Rockwood is at 42.060400, -83.271500. Lansing, the capital, is 80.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rockwood, MI (3,148 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dearborn, MI, 17.7 miles away.

Daylight in South Rockwood

At 42.06° N, South Rockwood gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near South Rockwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Rockwood, 1.7 miles away, with 3,148 people.