Michigan · Census place 2684940

Wayne, Michigan

Wayne is a city in Wayne County, Michigan with an estimated 17,129 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 59th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,129
#59 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-2.9%
-516 people
Land area
6.0 sq mi
Density
2,845 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Wayne. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Wayne population, 2020 to 2024

Wayne lost 516 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +1. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 136th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Wayne is 1.4 times that size.

17.6k202017.4k202117.2k202217.1k202317.1k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 17,711. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wayne covers 6.02 square miles of land, for 2,845 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Wayne is denser than the typical town.

What county Wayne is in

All of Wayne's residents live in Wayne County, which had 1,771,063 residents in 2024. Wayne holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wayne

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wayne by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48184. 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 Wayne is

The Census internal point of Wayne is at 42.276900, -83.388100. Lansing, the capital, is 67.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Westland, MI (82,745 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dearborn, MI, 9.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.276900, -83.388100
DMS
42°16'36.84"N 83°23'17.16"W
UTM
17N 303077.5E 4683282.4N
Geohash
dps8w2q8u
Plus code
86JR7JG6+QQ

Daylight in Wayne

At 42.28° N, Wayne gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wayne

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Westland, 2.9 miles away, with 82,745 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wayne, MI?

17,129 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 516 (2.9%) from 17,645 in July 2020.

What county is Wayne in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wayne?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48184.

How far is Wayne from Lansing?

67.3 miles (108.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Wayne.

What is the nearest larger city to Wayne?

Westland, MI, with 82,745 residents, 2.9 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.