Wisconsin · Census place 5509925

Brodhead, Wisconsin

Brodhead is a city in 2 counties of Wisconsin with an estimated 3,229 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 206th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,229
#206 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-35 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
1,794 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Brodhead. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Madison.

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Brodhead population, 2020 to 2024

Brodhead lost 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +12.

3,26420203,25720213,21820223,21720233,2292024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,272. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brodhead covers 1.80 square miles of land, for 1,794 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Brodhead is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Brodhead spans

Brodhead crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 3,229 residents as follows; Green County holds 97.3% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Green County3,142
  2. 02Rock County87
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Brodhead

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brodhead by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53520. 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 Brodhead is

The Census internal point of Brodhead is at 42.616800, -89.375600. Madison, the capital, is 31.7 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Evansville, WI (5,819 people), 11.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rockford, IL, 29.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.616800, -89.375600
DMS
42°37'0.48"N 89°22'32.16"W
UTM
16N 305165.1E 4720998.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JGJJ8F+PQ

Daylight in Brodhead

At 42.62° N, Brodhead gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brodhead

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Orfordville, 6.1 miles away, with 1,598 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brodhead, WI?

3,229 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 35 (1.1%) from 3,264 in July 2020.

What county is Brodhead in?

It spans 2 counties: Green County (3,142 residents), Rock County (87 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Brodhead?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53520.

How far is Brodhead from Madison?

31.7 miles (51.0 km) in a straight line, heading N from Brodhead.

What is the nearest larger city to Brodhead?

Evansville, WI, with 5,819 residents, 11.9 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.