Michigan · Census place 2676120

Standish, Michigan

Standish is a city in Arenac County, Michigan with an estimated 1,456 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 298th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,456
#298 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-0.4%
-6 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
668 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Standish. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Standish population, 2020 to 2024

Standish lost 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,462. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Standish covers 2.18 square miles of land, for 668 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Standish is less dense than the typical town.

What county Standish is in

All of Standish's residents live in Arenac County, which had 15,087 residents in 2024. Standish holds 9.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Standish

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Standish by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48658. 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 Standish is

The Census internal point of Standish is at 43.977700, -83.964000. Lansing, the capital, is 90.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Branch, MI (2,355 people), 24.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 92.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.977700, -83.964000
DMS
43°58'39.72"N 83°57'50.40"W
UTM
17N 262271.0E 4873667.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MRX2HP+3C

Daylight in Standish

At 43.98° N, Standish gets about 15 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Standish

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Pinconning, 8.3 miles away, with 1,185 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Standish, MI?

1,456 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 6 (0.4%) from 1,462 in July 2020.

What county is Standish in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Standish?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48658.

How far is Standish from Lansing?

90.9 miles (146.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Standish.

What is the nearest larger city to Standish?

West Branch, MI, with 2,355 residents, 24.5 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.