Wisconsin · Census place 5522550

Edgar, Wisconsin

Edgar is a village in Marathon County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,430 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 314th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,430
#314 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-13 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
790 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Edgar. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Edgar population, 2020 to 2024

Edgar lost 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,441. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Edgar covers 1.81 square miles of land, for 790 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Edgar is less dense than the typical town.

What county Edgar is in

All of Edgar's residents live in Marathon County, which had 139,091 residents in 2024. Edgar holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Edgar

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Edgar by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54426. 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 Edgar is

The Census internal point of Edgar is at 44.922900, -89.962600. Madison, the capital, is 130.9 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marathon City, WI (1,551 people), 5.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 100.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.922900, -89.962600
DMS
44°55'22.44"N 89°57'45.36"W
UTM
16N 266188.4E 4978656.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86PGW2FP+5X

Daylight in Edgar

At 44.92° N, Edgar gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Edgar

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Marathon City, 5.6 miles away, with 1,551 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Edgar, WI?

1,430 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 13 (0.9%) from 1,443 in July 2020.

What county is Edgar in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Edgar?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54426.

How far is Edgar from Madison?

130.9 miles (210.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Edgar.

What is the nearest larger city to Edgar?

Marathon City, WI, with 1,551 residents, 5.6 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.