Alton, Michigan

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Alton has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no specific census information for this community.

Alton is located in Kent County and for a more general look at the area, please visit our Census Page for Kent County.

While Alton does not have census information, you might be interested in some nearby communites that do:

	Community	Population<1>	Direction	Distance<2>
	Grand Rapids	197,800	W	15 mi [24.14 km]
	Wyoming	69,368	SW	19 mi [30.58 km]

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Alton.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Alton and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Alton. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<3> We don't have the population of Alton, so its people haven't been included.

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they haven't created a QuickFact for Alton, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Grand Rapids	QF-2634000	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	193,396	2.23% decrease
	Kentwood	QF-2642820	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	47,419	4.78% increase
	Wyoming	QF-2688940	SW	19 mi [30.58 km]	70,462	1.58% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Alton.

A Census Quickfact is available for Kent County (QF-26081).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Kent County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Allegan	QF-26005	SW	112,975	6.53% increase
	Barry	QF-26015	SE	58,890	3.49% increase
	Ionia	QF-26067	E	63,833	3.5% increase
	Montcalm	QF-26117	NE	62,971	2.41% increase
	Muskegon	QF-26121	NW	174,344	2.26% increase
	Newaygo	QF-26123	N	48,897	1.86% increase
	Ottawa	QF-26139	W	260,364	8.73% increase

The Commemorative Quarter for Michigan<4>

Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Alton. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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