Michigan · Census place 2681360

Union City, Michigan

Union City is a village in 2 counties of Michigan with an estimated 1,730 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 274th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,730
#274 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+0.7%
+12 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
1,193 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Union City. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Lansing.

Union City population, 2020 to 2024

Union City added 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +20.

1,71820201,72820211,72520221,71020231,7302024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,719. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Union City covers 1.45 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,193 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Union City is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Union City spans

Union City crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,730 residents as follows; Branch County holds 97.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Branch County1,683
  2. 02Calhoun County47
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Union City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Union City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 49094. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Union City is

The Census internal point of Union City is at 42.066700, -85.143200. Lansing, the capital, is 55.0 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Coldwater, MI (14,314 people), 11.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 53.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.066700, -85.143200
DMS
42°04'0.12"N 85°08'35.52"W
UTM
16N 653617.9E 4658849.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JP3V84+MP

Daylight in Union City

At 42.07° N, Union City gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Union City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Coldwater, 11.1 miles away, with 14,314 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Union City, MI?

1,730 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 12 (0.7%) from 1,718 in July 2020.

What county is Union City in?

It spans 2 counties: Branch County (1,683 residents), Calhoun County (47 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Union City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49094.

How far is Union City from Lansing?

55.0 miles (88.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Union City.

What is the nearest larger city to Union City?

Coldwater, MI, with 14,314 residents, 11.1 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.

  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.