Wisconsin · Census place 5518875

Darlington, Wisconsin

Darlington is a city in Lafayette County, Wisconsin with an estimated 2,482 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 240th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,482
#240 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+1.1%
+27 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
Density
1,460 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Darlington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Measure from here

Tools and pages that start from Darlington

Darlington population, 2020 to 2024

Darlington added 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +15.

2,45520202,45820212,45820222,46720232,4822024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,456. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Darlington covers 1.70 square miles of land, for 1,460 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Darlington is close to the typical town.

What county Darlington is in

All of Darlington's residents live in Lafayette County, which had 17,306 residents in 2024. Darlington holds 14.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Darlington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Darlington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53530. 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 Darlington is

The Census internal point of Darlington is at 42.676400, -90.120500. Madison, the capital, is 46.4 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mineral Point, WI (2,560 people), 13.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 45.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.676400, -90.120500
DMS
42°40'35.04"N 90°07'13.80"W
UTM
15N 735939.4E 4728901.2N
Geohash
9zxfv3020
Plus code
86JFMVGH+HR

Daylight in Darlington

At 42.68° N, Darlington gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 17 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Darlington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Shullsburg, 9.2 miles away, with 1,230 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Darlington, WI?

2,482 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 27 (1.1%) from 2,455 in July 2020.

What county is Darlington in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Darlington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53530.

How far is Darlington from Madison?

46.4 miles (74.6 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Darlington.

What is the nearest larger city to Darlington?

Mineral Point, WI, with 2,560 residents, 13.3 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.