Westland, Michigan

Westland population, 2020 to 2024

Westland lost 2,381 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +21. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 133rd; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Westland is 6.8 times that size.

Westland covers 20.43 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 4,050 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Westland is denser than the typical town.

What county Westland is in

All of Westland's residents live in Wayne County, which had 1,771,063 residents in 2024. Westland holds 4.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Westland

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Westland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48185, 48186. 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 Westland is

The Census internal point of Westland is at 42.319200, -83.380800. Lansing, the capital, is 66.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Livonia, MI (93,113 people), 5.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dearborn, MI, 8.6 miles away.

Daylight in Westland

At 42.32° N, Westland 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 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Westland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Garden City, 2.1 miles away, with 26,410 people.