Michigan · Census place 2687420
Williamston, Michigan
Williamston is a city in Ingham County, Michigan with an estimated 3,849 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 182nd largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,849
- #182 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- +1.0%
- +37 people
- Land area
- 2.5 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,571 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Williamston population, 2020 to 2024
Williamston added 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +40.
Williamston covers 2.45 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 1,571 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Williamston is less dense than the typical town.
What county Williamston is in
All of Williamston's residents live in Ingham County, which had 290,427 residents in 2024. Williamston holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Williamston
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Williamston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48895. 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 Williamston is
The Census internal point of Williamston is at 42.683300, -84.283600. Lansing, the capital, is 14.2 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mason, MI (8,314 people), 10.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lansing, MI, 14.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.683300, -84.283600
- DMS
- 42°40'59.88"N 84°17'0.96"W
- UTM
- 16N 722549.9E 4729224.7N
- Geohash
- dps4f4681
- Plus code
- 86JQMPM8+8H
Daylight in Williamston
At 42.68° N, Williamston gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Williamston
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Webberville, 5.0 miles away, with 1,314 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Williamston, MI?
3,849 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 37 (1.0%) from 3,812 in July 2020.
What county is Williamston in?
Ingham County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Williamston?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48895.
How far is Williamston from Lansing?
14.2 miles (22.9 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Williamston.
What is the nearest larger city to Williamston?
Mason, MI, with 8,314 residents, 10.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.