West Branch, Michigan

West Branch population, 2020 to 2024

West Branch added 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

West Branch covers 1.54 square miles of land, for 1,529 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so West Branch is less dense than the typical town.

What county West Branch is in

All of West Branch's residents live in Ogemaw County, which had 20,985 residents in 2024. West Branch holds 11.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Branch

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West Branch by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48661. 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 West Branch is

The Census internal point of West Branch is at 44.273800, -84.236600. Lansing, the capital, is 107.6 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Gladwin, MI (3,132 people), 23.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 109.0 miles away.

Daylight in West Branch

At 44.27° N, West Branch gets about 15 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Branch

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Gladwin, 23.6 miles away, with 3,132 people.