Michigan · Census place 2684500

Watervliet, Michigan

Watervliet is a city in Berrien County, Michigan with an estimated 1,707 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 278th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,707
#278 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+2.5%
+42 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,447 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Watervliet. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Watervliet population, 2020 to 2024

Watervliet added 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +54.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,667. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Watervliet covers 1.18 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,447 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Watervliet is less dense than the typical town.

What county Watervliet is in

All of Watervliet's residents live in Berrien County, which had 152,703 residents in 2024. Watervliet holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Watervliet

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Watervliet by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49098. 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 Watervliet is

The Census internal point of Watervliet is at 42.187600, -86.258600. Lansing, the capital, is 94.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hartford, MI (2,465 people), 4.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is South Bend, IN, 35.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.187600, -86.258600
DMS
42°11'15.36"N 86°15'30.96"W
UTM
16N 561220.5E 4670871.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JM5PQR+2H

Daylight in Watervliet

At 42.19° N, Watervliet gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Watervliet

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Coloma, 2.6 miles away, with 1,422 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Watervliet, MI?

1,707 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 42 (2.5%) from 1,665 in July 2020.

What county is Watervliet in?

Berrien County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Watervliet?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49098.

How far is Watervliet from Lansing?

94.7 miles (152.4 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Watervliet.

What is the nearest larger city to Watervliet?

Hartford, MI, with 2,465 residents, 4.9 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.

  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.