Michigan · Census place 2686780

Whitehall, Michigan

Whitehall is a city in Muskegon County, Michigan with an estimated 3,130 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 198th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,130
#198 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
+7.2%
+209 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
+ 0.58 sq mi water
Density
972 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Whitehall. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

Whitehall population, 2020 to 2024

Whitehall added 209 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.2%. In the latest year it moved by +29.

2,92120202,94720213,02120223,10120233,1302024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,912. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Whitehall covers 3.22 square miles of land and 0.58 of water, for 972 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Whitehall is less dense than the typical town.

What county Whitehall is in

All of Whitehall's residents live in Muskegon County, which had 177,428 residents in 2024. Whitehall holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Whitehall

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Whitehall by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49461. 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 Whitehall is

The Census internal point of Whitehall is at 43.400500, -86.339600. Lansing, the capital, is 101.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is North Muskegon, MI (4,089 people), 10.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Grand Rapids, MI, 45.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.400500, -86.339600
DMS
43°24'1.80"N 86°20'22.56"W
UTM
16N 553477.3E 4805503.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MMCM26+65

Daylight in Whitehall

At 43.40° N, Whitehall gets about 15 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Whitehall

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Montague, 1.4 miles away, with 2,425 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Whitehall, MI?

3,130 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 209 (7.2%) from 2,921 in July 2020.

What county is Whitehall in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Whitehall?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 49461.

How far is Whitehall from Lansing?

101.2 miles (162.8 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Whitehall.

What is the nearest larger city to Whitehall?

North Muskegon, MI, with 4,089 residents, 10.8 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.