Wisconsin · Census place 5509800

Bristol, Wisconsin

Bristol is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin with an estimated 5,239 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 153rd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,239
#153 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+42 people
Land area
32.7 sq mi
+ 0.36 sq mi water
Density
160 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Bristol. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Bristol population, 2020 to 2024

Bristol added 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +33. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 78th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Bristol is 42% of it.

5,19720205,15820215,20820225,20620235,2392024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,194. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bristol covers 32.70 square miles of land and 0.36 of water, for 160 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Bristol is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bristol is in

All of Bristol's residents live in Kenosha County, which had 168,754 residents in 2024. Bristol holds 3.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bristol

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bristol by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53104, 53142. 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 Bristol is

The Census internal point of Bristol is at 42.532300, -88.009100. Madison, the capital, is 79.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Antioch, IL (15,108 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 36.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.532300, -88.009100
DMS
42°31'56.28"N 88°00'32.76"W
UTM
16N 417128.5E 4709373.0N
Geohash
dp93vqc8x
Plus code
86JHGXJR+W9

Daylight in Bristol

At 42.53° N, Bristol gets about 15 h 18 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 Bristol

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Paddock Lake, 5.6 miles away, with 2,949 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bristol, WI?

5,239 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 42 (0.8%) from 5,197 in July 2020.

What county is Bristol in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bristol?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 53104, 53142.

How far is Bristol from Madison?

79.1 miles (127.4 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Bristol.

What is the nearest larger city to Bristol?

Antioch, IL, with 15,108 residents, 4.8 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.