Michigan · Census place 2688260

Wolverine Lake, Michigan

Wolverine Lake is a village in Oakland County, Michigan with an estimated 4,504 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 164th largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,504
#164 of 353 in Michigan
Change since 2020
-0.0%
-1 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
+ 0.42 sq mi water
Density
3,575 / sq mi
State median 2,478
Orange pin: Wolverine Lake. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Lansing.

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Wolverine Lake population, 2020 to 2024

Wolverine Lake lost 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +34.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,518. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wolverine Lake covers 1.26 square miles of land and 0.42 of water, for 3,575 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Wolverine Lake is denser than the typical town.

What county Wolverine Lake is in

All of Wolverine Lake's residents live in Oakland County, which had 1,296,888 residents in 2024. Wolverine Lake holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wolverine Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wolverine Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 48390. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Wolverine Lake is

The Census internal point of Wolverine Lake is at 42.553300, -83.486400. Lansing, the capital, is 55.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Walled Lake, MI (7,413 people), 1.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dearborn, MI, 21.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.553300, -83.486400
DMS
42°33'11.88"N 83°29'11.04"W
UTM
17N 295870.2E 4714207.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JRHG37+8C

Daylight in Wolverine Lake

At 42.55° N, Wolverine Lake gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wolverine Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Walled Lake, 1.3 miles away, with 7,413 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wolverine Lake, MI?

4,504 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1 (0.0%) from 4,505 in July 2020.

What county is Wolverine Lake in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wolverine Lake?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48390.

How far is Wolverine Lake from Lansing?

55.7 miles (89.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Wolverine Lake.

What is the nearest larger city to Wolverine Lake?

Walled Lake, MI, with 7,413 residents, 1.3 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)

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