Wisconsin · Census place 5503550
Athens, Wisconsin
Athens is a village in Marathon County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,064 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 363rd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,064
- #363 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- -0.1%
- -1 people
- Land area
- 2.5 sq mi
- Density
- 434 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Athens population, 2020 to 2024
Athens lost 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -2.
Athens covers 2.45 square miles of land, for 434 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Athens is less dense than the typical town.
What county Athens is in
All of Athens's residents live in Marathon County, which had 139,091 residents in 2024. Athens holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Athens
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Athens by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54411. 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 Athens is
The Census internal point of Athens is at 45.034900, -90.079200. Madison, the capital, is 139.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Edgar, WI (1,430 people), 9.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 108.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.034900, -90.079200
- DMS
- 45°02'5.64"N 90°04'45.12"W
- UTM
- 15N 730063.9E 4990978.2N
- Geohash
- cbpbnnq76
- Plus code
- 86QF2WMC+X8
Daylight in Athens
At 45.03° N, Athens gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Athens
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Edgar, 9.6 miles away, with 1,430 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Athens, WI?
1,064 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1 (0.1%) from 1,065 in July 2020.
What county is Athens in?
Marathon County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Athens?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54411.
How far is Athens from Madison?
139.7 miles (224.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Athens.
What is the nearest larger city to Athens?
Edgar, WI, with 1,430 residents, 9.6 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.