Wisconsin · Census place 5512225

Cambridge, Wisconsin

Cambridge is a village in 2 counties of Wisconsin with an estimated 1,691 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 284th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,691
#284 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+3.0%
+49 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
1,150 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Cambridge. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Madison.

Cambridge population, 2020 to 2024

Cambridge added 49 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +16.

1,64220201,67420211,65920221,67520231,6912024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,639. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cambridge covers 1.47 square miles of land, for 1,150 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Cambridge is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Cambridge spans

Cambridge crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,691 residents as follows; Dane County holds 94.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Dane County1,591
  2. 02Jefferson County100
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Cambridge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cambridge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53523. 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 Cambridge is

The Census internal point of Cambridge is at 43.006600, -89.021400. Madison, the capital, is 18.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Deerfield, WI (2,647 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 21.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.006600, -89.021400
DMS
43°00'23.76"N 89°01'17.04"W
UTM
16N 335254.2E 4763530.4N
Geohash
dp8swm0ee
Plus code
86MG2X4H+JC

Daylight in Cambridge

At 43.01° N, Cambridge gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cambridge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Deerfield, 4.0 miles away, with 2,647 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cambridge, WI?

1,691 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 49 (3.0%) from 1,642 in July 2020.

What county is Cambridge in?

It spans 2 counties: Dane County (1,591 residents), Jefferson County (100 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Cambridge?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53523.

How far is Cambridge from Madison?

18.9 miles (30.4 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Cambridge.

What is the nearest larger city to Cambridge?

Deerfield, WI, with 2,647 residents, 4.0 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)

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