Wisconsin · Census place 5531300

Green Lake, Wisconsin

Green Lake is a city in Green Lake County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,043 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 366th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,043
#366 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+2.2%
+22 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
561 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Green Lake. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Green Lake population, 2020 to 2024

Green Lake added 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,022. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Green Lake covers 1.86 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 561 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Green Lake is less dense than the typical town.

What county Green Lake is in

All of Green Lake's residents live in Green Lake County, which had 19,370 residents in 2024. Green Lake holds 5.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Green Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Green Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54941. 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 Green Lake is

The Census internal point of Green Lake is at 43.842800, -88.955800. Madison, the capital, is 57.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ripon, WI (7,716 people), 5.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 57.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.842800, -88.955800
DMS
43°50'34.08"N 88°57'20.88"W
UTM
16N 342780.8E 4856272.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MHR2VV+4M

Daylight in Green Lake

At 43.84° N, Green Lake gets about 15 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Green Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Ripon, 5.9 miles away, with 7,716 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Green Lake, WI?

1,043 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 22 (2.2%) from 1,021 in July 2020.

What county is Green Lake in?

Green Lake County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Green Lake?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54941.

How far is Green Lake from Madison?

57.2 miles (92.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Green Lake.

What is the nearest larger city to Green Lake?

Ripon, WI, with 7,716 residents, 5.9 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.