Wisconsin · Census place 5522575

Edgerton, Wisconsin

Edgerton is a city in 2 counties of Wisconsin with an estimated 6,138 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 141st largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,138
#141 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+3.2%
+193 people
Land area
4.2 sq mi
Density
1,475 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Edgerton. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Madison.

Edgerton population, 2020 to 2024

Edgerton added 193 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.2%. In the latest year it moved by +110. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 44th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Edgerton is 49% of it.

5,94520205,96420215,98920226,02820236,1382024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,944. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Edgerton covers 4.16 square miles of land, for 1,475 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Edgerton is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Edgerton spans

Edgerton crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 6,138 residents as follows; Rock County holds 97.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Rock County5,991
  2. 02Dane County147
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Edgerton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Edgerton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53534. 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 Edgerton is

The Census internal point of Edgerton is at 42.838900, -89.069600. Madison, the capital, is 22.8 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Stoughton, WI (13,134 people), 9.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 25.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.838900, -89.069600
DMS
42°50'20.04"N 89°04'10.56"W
UTM
16N 330867.4E 4745002.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JGRWQJ+H5

Daylight in Edgerton

At 42.84° N, Edgerton gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Edgerton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Milton, 7.9 miles away, with 5,778 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Edgerton, WI?

6,138 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 193 (3.2%) from 5,945 in July 2020.

What county is Edgerton in?

It spans 2 counties: Rock County (5,991 residents), Dane County (147 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Edgerton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53534.

How far is Edgerton from Madison?

22.8 miles (36.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Edgerton.

What is the nearest larger city to Edgerton?

Stoughton, WI, with 13,134 residents, 9.7 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.