Wisconsin · Census place 5519400

Delafield, Wisconsin

Delafield is a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin with an estimated 7,275 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 132nd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,275
#132 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+1.2%
+86 people
Land area
9.4 sq mi
+ 1.66 sq mi water
Density
773 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Delafield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Delafield population, 2020 to 2024

Delafield added 86 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +66. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 72nd; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Delafield is 58% of it.

7,18920207,15320217,14920227,20920237,2752024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,188. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Delafield covers 9.41 square miles of land and 1.66 of water, for 773 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Delafield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Delafield is in

All of Delafield's residents live in Waukesha County, which had 417,029 residents in 2024. Delafield holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Delafield

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Delafield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53018, 53029, 53058. 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 Delafield is

The Census internal point of Delafield is at 43.067400, -88.388800. Madison, the capital, is 50.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hartland, WI (10,203 people), 3.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 21.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.067400, -88.388800
DMS
43°04'2.64"N 88°23'19.68"W
UTM
16N 386924.2E 4769235.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MH3J86+XF

Daylight in Delafield

At 43.07° N, Delafield 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 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Delafield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Nashotah, 1.8 miles away, with 1,313 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Delafield, WI?

7,275 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 86 (1.2%) from 7,189 in July 2020.

What county is Delafield in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Delafield?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 53018, 53029, 53058.

How far is Delafield from Madison?

50.2 miles (80.8 km) in a straight line, heading W from Delafield.

What is the nearest larger city to Delafield?

Hartland, WI, with 10,203 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.