Michigan · Census place 2682780
Wakefield, Michigan
Wakefield is a city in Gogebic County, Michigan with an estimated 1,674 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 282nd largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,674
- #282 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- -1.4%
- -23 people
- Land area
- 7.9 sq mi
- + 0.57 sq mi water
- Density
- 213 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Wakefield population, 2020 to 2024
Wakefield lost 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -7.
Wakefield covers 7.87 square miles of land and 0.57 of water, for 213 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Wakefield is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wakefield is in
All of Wakefield's residents live in Gogebic County, which had 14,217 residents in 2024. Wakefield holds 11.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wakefield
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wakefield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49968. 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 Wakefield is
The Census internal point of Wakefield is at 46.476900, -89.933400. Lansing, the capital, is 369.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bessemer, MI (1,780 people), 5.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 164.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 46.476900, -89.933400
- DMS
- 46°28'36.84"N 89°56'0.24"W
- UTM
- 16N 274824.3E 5151218.0N
- Geohash
- f0203sb7x
- Plus code
- 86RGF3G8+QJ
Daylight in Wakefield
At 46.48° N, Wakefield gets about 15 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wakefield
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Bessemer, 5.5 miles away, with 1,780 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wakefield, MI?
1,674 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 23 (1.4%) from 1,697 in July 2020.
What county is Wakefield in?
Gogebic County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wakefield?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49968.
How far is Wakefield from Lansing?
369.8 miles (595.1 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Wakefield.
What is the nearest larger city to Wakefield?
Bessemer, MI, with 1,780 residents, 5.5 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.