Michigan · Census place 2688380
Woodhaven, Michigan
Woodhaven is a city in Wayne County, Michigan with an estimated 12,575 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 72nd largest of 353 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 12,575
- #72 of 353 in Michigan
- Change since 2020
- -2.5%
- -316 people
- Land area
- 6.4 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,968 / sq mi
- State median 2,478
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Woodhaven population, 2020 to 2024
Woodhaven lost 316 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by +4. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 125th; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Woodhaven is 1.0 times that size.
Woodhaven covers 6.39 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,968 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Woodhaven is less dense than the typical town.
What county Woodhaven is in
All of Woodhaven's residents live in Wayne County, which had 1,771,063 residents in 2024. Woodhaven holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Woodhaven
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Woodhaven by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 48183. 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 Woodhaven is
The Census internal point of Woodhaven is at 42.134500, -83.235100. Lansing, the capital, is 79.0 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Trenton, MI (17,957 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Dearborn, MI, 12.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.134500, -83.235100
- DMS
- 42°08'4.20"N 83°14'6.36"W
- UTM
- 17N 315279.9E 4667127.6N
- Geohash
- dpkz9yq53
- Plus code
- 86JR4QM7+RX
Daylight in Woodhaven
At 42.13° N, Woodhaven gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Woodhaven
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Trenton, 2.2 miles away, with 17,957 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Woodhaven, MI?
12,575 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 316 (2.5%) from 12,891 in July 2020.
What county is Woodhaven in?
Wayne County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Woodhaven?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 48183.
How far is Woodhaven from Lansing?
79.0 miles (127.2 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Woodhaven.
What is the nearest larger city to Woodhaven?
Trenton, MI, with 17,957 residents, 2.2 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.