Michigan · Census place 2676460
Sterling Heights, Michigan
Sterling Heights is a city in Macomb County, Michigan with an estimated 134,342 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 4th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 134,342
- #4 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- +0.2%
- +228 people
- Land area
- 36.5 sq mi
- + 0.27 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,686 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Sterling Heights population, 2020 to 2024
Sterling Heights added 228 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +646. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 58th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Sterling Heights is 11.1 times that size.
Sterling Heights covers 36.45 square miles of land and 0.27 of water, for 3,686 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Sterling Heights is denser than the typical town.
What county Sterling Heights is in
All of Sterling Heights's residents live in Macomb County, which had 886,175 residents in 2024. Sterling Heights holds 15.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sterling Heights
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sterling Heights by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48310, 48312, 48313, 48314. 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 Sterling Heights is
The Census internal point of Sterling Heights is at 42.581200, -83.030300. Lansing, the capital, is 78.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Warren, MI (137,686 people), 6.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 188 m (617 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.581200, -83.030300
- DMS
- 42°34'52.32"N 83°01'49.08"W
- UTM
- 17N 333391.1E 4716307.3N
- Geohash
- dpsfnxejm
- Plus code
- 86JRHXJ9+FV
- Time zone
- America/Detroit
Daylight in Sterling Heights
At 42.58° N, Sterling Heights gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Sterling Heights daylight page.
Places near Sterling Heights
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Utica, 3.3 miles away, with 5,139 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sterling Heights, MI?
134,342 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 228 (0.2%) from 134,114 in July 2020.
What county is Sterling Heights in?
Macomb County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sterling Heights?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 48310, 48312, 48313, 48314.
How far is Sterling Heights from Lansing?
78.2 miles (125.8 km) in a straight line, heading W from Sterling Heights.
What is the nearest larger city to Sterling Heights?
Warren, MI, with 137,686 residents, 6.1 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.