Sturgis, Michigan

Sturgis population, 2020 to 2024

Sturgis lost 111 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -21. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 91st; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Sturgis is 91% of it.

Sturgis covers 6.95 square miles of land, for 1,587 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Sturgis is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sturgis is in

All of Sturgis's residents live in St. Joseph County, which had 61,171 residents in 2024. Sturgis holds 18.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sturgis

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sturgis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49091. 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 Sturgis is

The Census internal point of Sturgis is at 41.798300, -85.418800. Lansing, the capital, is 78.3 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Coldwater, MI (14,314 people), 23.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 44.6 miles away.

Daylight in Sturgis

At 41.80° N, Sturgis gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sturgis

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Centreville, 10.1 miles away, with 1,322 people.