Wisconsin · Census place 5501750
Amherst, Wisconsin
Amherst is a village in Portage County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,132 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 349th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,132
- #349 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +1.6%
- +18 people
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 845 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Amherst population, 2020 to 2024
Amherst added 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +8.
Amherst covers 1.34 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 845 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Amherst is less dense than the typical town.
What county Amherst is in
All of Amherst's residents live in Portage County, which had 72,040 residents in 2024. Amherst holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Amherst
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Amherst by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54406. 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 Amherst is
The Census internal point of Amherst is at 44.448300, -89.281700. Madison, the capital, is 95.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Iola, WI (1,220 people), 9.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 64.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.448300, -89.281700
- DMS
- 44°26'53.88"N 89°16'54.12"W
- UTM
- 16N 318448.8E 4924198.6N
- Geohash
- dpbsb7e41
- Plus code
- 86PGCPX9+88
Daylight in Amherst
At 44.45° N, Amherst gets about 15 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Amherst
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Iola, 9.2 miles away, with 1,220 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Amherst, WI?
1,132 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 18 (1.6%) from 1,114 in July 2020.
What county is Amherst in?
Portage County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Amherst?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54406.
How far is Amherst from Madison?
95.0 miles (152.9 km) in a straight line, heading S from Amherst.
What is the nearest larger city to Amherst?
Iola, WI, with 1,220 residents, 9.1 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.