Wisconsin · Census place 5537675
Jackson, Wisconsin
Jackson is a village in Washington County, Wisconsin with an estimated 8,169 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 121st largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 8,169
- #121 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +3.9%
- +306 people
- Land area
- 3.9 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,111 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Jackson population, 2020 to 2024
Jackson added 306 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +108. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 42nd; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Jackson is 65% of it.
Jackson covers 3.87 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,111 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Jackson is denser than the typical town.
What county Jackson is in
All of Jackson's residents live in Washington County, which had 138,727 residents in 2024. Jackson holds 5.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Jackson
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jackson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53037. 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 Jackson is
The Census internal point of Jackson is at 43.319900, -88.164100. Madison, the capital, is 63.7 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Germantown, WI (21,032 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 20.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.319900, -88.164100
- DMS
- 43°19'11.64"N 88°09'50.76"W
- UTM
- 16N 405609.5E 4796998.1N
- Geohash
- dp9q3y0ue
- Plus code
- 86MH8R9P+X9
Daylight in Jackson
At 43.32° N, Jackson 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 Jackson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Slinger, 5.7 miles away, with 6,443 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Jackson, WI?
8,169 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 306 (3.9%) from 7,863 in July 2020.
What county is Jackson in?
Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Jackson?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53037.
How far is Jackson from Madison?
63.7 miles (102.6 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Jackson.
What is the nearest larger city to Jackson?
Germantown, WI, with 21,032 residents, 6.2 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.