Wisconsin · Census place 5527500

Frederic, Wisconsin

Frederic is a village in Polk County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,141 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 347th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,141
#347 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-15 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
675 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Frederic. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Frederic population, 2020 to 2024

Frederic lost 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,157. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Frederic covers 1.69 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 675 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Frederic is less dense than the typical town.

What county Frederic is in

All of Frederic's residents live in Polk County, which had 45,831 residents in 2024. Frederic holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Frederic

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Frederic by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54837. 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 Frederic is

The Census internal point of Frederic is at 45.652700, -92.462600. Madison, the capital, is 234.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grantsburg, WI (1,372 people), 13.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 57.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.652700, -92.462600
DMS
45°39'9.72"N 92°27'45.36"W
UTM
15N 541871.7E 5055601.7N
Geohash
cbn5xyyf3
Plus code
86Q9MG3P+3X

Daylight in Frederic

At 45.65° N, Frederic gets about 15 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Frederic

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Luck, 5.2 miles away, with 1,064 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Frederic, WI?

1,141 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 15 (1.3%) from 1,156 in July 2020.

What county is Frederic in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Frederic?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54837.

How far is Frederic from Madison?

234.2 miles (376.8 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Frederic.

What is the nearest larger city to Frederic?

Grantsburg, WI, with 1,372 residents, 13.7 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.