Michigan · Census place 2679760
Three Rivers, Michigan
Three Rivers is a city in St. Joseph County, Michigan with an estimated 7,958 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 113th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 7,958
- #113 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- -0.1%
- -6 people
- Land area
- 5.6 sq mi
- + 0.27 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,424 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Three Rivers population, 2020 to 2024
Three Rivers lost 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +12. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 64th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Three Rivers is 66% of it.
Three Rivers covers 5.59 square miles of land and 0.27 of water, for 1,424 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Three Rivers is less dense than the typical town.
What county Three Rivers is in
All of Three Rivers's residents live in St. Joseph County, which had 61,171 residents in 2024. Three Rivers holds 13.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Three Rivers
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Three Rivers by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49093. 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 Three Rivers is
The Census internal point of Three Rivers is at 41.945400, -85.629500. Lansing, the capital, is 77.3 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sturgis, MI (11,030 people), 14.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 37.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.945400, -85.629500
- DMS
- 41°56'43.44"N 85°37'46.20"W
- UTM
- 16N 613599.7E 4644622.3N
- Geohash
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- Plus code
- 86HPW9WC+56
Daylight in Three Rivers
At 41.95° N, Three Rivers gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Three Rivers
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Centreville, 5.6 miles away, with 1,322 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Three Rivers, MI?
7,958 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 6 (0.1%) from 7,964 in July 2020.
What county is Three Rivers in?
St. Joseph County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Three Rivers?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49093.
How far is Three Rivers from Lansing?
77.3 miles (124.5 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Three Rivers.
What is the nearest larger city to Three Rivers?
Sturgis, MI, with 11,030 residents, 14.9 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.