Wisconsin · Census place 5518700

Dane, Wisconsin

Dane is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,111 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 353rd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,111; #353 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020: -0.4%; -5 people
Land area: 1.2 sq mi
Density: 942 / sq mi; State median 1,583

Orange pin: Dane. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

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Dane population, 2020 to 2024

Dane lost 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,118. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Dane covers 1.18 square miles of land, for 942 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Dane is less dense than the typical town.

What county Dane is in

All of Dane's residents live in Dane County, which had 588,347 residents in 2024. Dane holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dane

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dane by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53529. 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 Dane is

The Census internal point of Dane is at 43.246100, -89.499600. Madison, the capital, is 13.2 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waunakee, WI (16,363 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 11.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 43.246100, -89.499600
DMS: 43°14'45.96"N 89°29'58.56"W
UTM: 16N 297072.7E 4791178.1N
Geohash: dp8q52squ
Plus code: 86MG6GW2+C5

Daylight in Dane

At 43.25° N, Dane gets about 15 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dane

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Waunakee, 5.2 miles away, with 16,363 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Dane, WI?

1,111 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 5 (0.4%) from 1,116 in July 2020.

What county is Dane in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Dane?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53529.

How far is Dane from Madison?

13.2 miles (21.2 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Dane.

What is the nearest larger city to Dane?

Waunakee, WI, with 16,363 residents, 5.2 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.

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