Wisconsin · Census place 5530000
Grafton, Wisconsin
Grafton is a village in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin with an estimated 12,741 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 77th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 12,741
- #77 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +5.4%
- +654 people
- Land area
- 5.3 sq mi
- + 0.06 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,390 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Grafton population, 2020 to 2024
Grafton added 654 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.4%. In the latest year it moved by +145. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Grafton is 1.0 times that size.
Grafton covers 5.33 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 2,390 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Grafton is denser than the typical town.
What county Grafton is in
All of Grafton's residents live in Ozaukee County, which had 93,956 residents in 2024. Grafton holds 13.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Grafton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Grafton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53024. 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 Grafton is
The Census internal point of Grafton is at 43.320700, -87.947600. Madison, the capital, is 74.3 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cedarburg, WI (13,011 people), 2.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 17.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.320700, -87.947600
- DMS
- 43°19'14.52"N 87°56'51.36"W
- UTM
- 16N 423165.4E 4796864.9N
- Geohash
- dp9qqwq92
- Plus code
- 86MJ83C2+7X
Daylight in Grafton
At 43.32° N, Grafton gets about 15 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 26 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Grafton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Cedarburg, 2.5 miles away, with 13,011 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Grafton, WI?
12,741 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 654 (5.4%) from 12,087 in July 2020.
What county is Grafton in?
Ozaukee County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Grafton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53024.
How far is Grafton from Madison?
74.3 miles (119.6 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Grafton.
What is the nearest larger city to Grafton?
Cedarburg, WI, with 13,011 residents, 2.5 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.