Wisconsin · Census place 5511475

Butler, Wisconsin

Butler is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,769 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 277th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,769
#277 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-15 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
2,268 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Butler. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Butler population, 2020 to 2024

Butler lost 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,785. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Butler covers 0.78 square miles of land, for 2,268 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Butler is denser than the typical town.

What county Butler is in

All of Butler's residents live in Waukesha County, which had 417,029 residents in 2024. Butler holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Butler

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Butler by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53007. 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 Butler is

The Census internal point of Butler is at 43.108400, -88.072200. Madison, the capital, is 66.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wauwatosa, WI (48,794 people), 3.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 6.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.108400, -88.072200
DMS
43°06'30.24"N 88°04'19.92"W
UTM
16N 412760.2E 4773410.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MH4W5H+94

Daylight in Butler

At 43.11° N, Butler gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Butler

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Wauwatosa, 3.6 miles away, with 48,794 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Butler, WI?

1,769 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 15 (0.8%) from 1,784 in July 2020.

What county is Butler in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Butler?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53007.

How far is Butler from Madison?

66.2 miles (106.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Butler.

What is the nearest larger city to Butler?

Wauwatosa, WI, with 48,794 residents, 3.6 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.

  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.