St. Joseph, Michigan

St. Joseph population, 2020 to 2024

St. Joseph lost 136 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -24. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 112th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so St. Joseph is 65% of it.

St. Joseph covers 3.20 square miles of land and 1.58 of water, for 2,478 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so St. Joseph is close to the typical town.

What county St. Joseph is in

All of St. Joseph's residents live in Berrien County, which had 152,703 residents in 2024. St. Joseph holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in St. Joseph

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps St. Joseph by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49085. 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 St. Joseph is

The Census internal point of St. Joseph is at 42.099700, -86.488800. Lansing, the capital, is 107.9 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Benton Harbor, MI (8,848 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 31.3 miles away.

Daylight in St. Joseph

At 42.10° N, St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Benton Harbor, 2.3 miles away, with 8,848 people.