Michigan · Census place 2677700
Swartz Creek, Michigan
Swartz Creek is a city in Genesee County, Michigan with an estimated 5,848 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 139th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,848
- #139 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- -0.7%
- -39 people
- Land area
- 4.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,396 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Swartz Creek population, 2020 to 2024
Swartz Creek lost 39 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +6. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 80th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Swartz Creek is 48% of it.
Swartz Creek covers 4.19 square miles of land, for 1,396 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Swartz Creek is less dense than the typical town.
What county Swartz Creek is in
All of Swartz Creek's residents live in Genesee County, which had 402,279 residents in 2024. Swartz Creek holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Swartz Creek
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Swartz Creek by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48473. 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 Swartz Creek is
The Census internal point of Swartz Creek is at 42.964200, -83.816200. Lansing, the capital, is 40.7 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Flushing, MI (8,224 people), 7.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 41.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.964200, -83.816200
- DMS
- 42°57'51.12"N 83°48'58.32"W
- UTM
- 17N 270316.2E 4760688.0N
- Geohash
- dpskktqus
- Plus code
- 86JRX57M+MG
Daylight in Swartz Creek
At 42.96° N, Swartz Creek gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Swartz Creek
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Flushing, 6.9 miles away, with 8,224 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Swartz Creek, MI?
5,848 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 39 (0.7%) from 5,887 in July 2020.
What county is Swartz Creek in?
Genesee County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Swartz Creek?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48473.
How far is Swartz Creek from Lansing?
40.7 miles (65.4 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Swartz Creek.
What is the nearest larger city to Swartz Creek?
Flushing, MI, with 8,224 residents, 7.0 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)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.