Wisconsin · Census place 5533000

Hartford, Wisconsin

Hartford is a city in 2 counties of Wisconsin with an estimated 15,984 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 59th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
15,984
#59 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+2.0%
+319 people
Land area
9.0 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
1,780 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Hartford. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Madison.

Hartford population, 2020 to 2024

Hartford added 319 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +67. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 59th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Hartford is 1.3 times that size.

15.7k202015.8k202115.8k202215.9k202316.0k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,655. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hartford covers 8.98 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,780 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Hartford is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Hartford spans

Hartford crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 15,984 residents as follows; Washington County holds 99.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Washington County15,973
  2. 02Dodge County11
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Hartford

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hartford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53027. 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 Hartford is

The Census internal point of Hartford is at 43.322500, -88.377700. Madison, the capital, is 53.5 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Bend, WI (32,149 people), 11.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 27.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.322500, -88.377700
DMS
43°19'21.00"N 88°22'39.72"W
UTM
16N 388294.4E 4797550.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MH8JFC+2W

Daylight in Hartford

At 43.32° N, Hartford 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 Hartford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Slinger, 5.2 miles away, with 6,443 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hartford, WI?

15,984 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 319 (2.0%) from 15,665 in July 2020.

What county is Hartford in?

It spans 2 counties: Washington County (15,973 residents), Dodge County (11 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Hartford?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53027.

How far is Hartford from Madison?

53.5 miles (86.1 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Hartford.

What is the nearest larger city to Hartford?

West Bend, WI, with 32,149 residents, 11.8 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.