Wisconsin · Census place 5541450

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Lake Geneva is a city in Walworth County, Wisconsin with an estimated 8,691 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 112th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,691
#112 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+4.6%
+382 people
Land area
6.9 sq mi
Density
1,267 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Lake Geneva. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Lake Geneva population, 2020 to 2024

Lake Geneva added 382 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.6%. In the latest year it moved by +55. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 37th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Lake Geneva is 69% of it.

8,30920208,43820218,54620228,63620238,6912024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,274. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lake Geneva covers 6.86 square miles of land, for 1,267 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Lake Geneva is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lake Geneva is in

All of Lake Geneva's residents live in Walworth County, which had 106,029 residents in 2024. Lake Geneva holds 8.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lake Geneva

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lake Geneva by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53147. 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 Lake Geneva is

The Census internal point of Lake Geneva is at 42.583300, -88.428500. Madison, the capital, is 59.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elkhorn, WI (10,122 people), 8.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 38.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.583300, -88.428500
DMS
42°34'59.88"N 88°25'42.60"W
UTM
16N 382780.6E 4715531.5N
Geohash
dp947b03d
Plus code
86JHHHMC+8J

Daylight in Lake Geneva

At 42.58° N, Lake Geneva gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lake Geneva

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Bloomfield, 4.6 miles away, with 4,766 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lake Geneva, WI?

8,691 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 382 (4.6%) from 8,309 in July 2020.

What county is Lake Geneva in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lake Geneva?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53147.

How far is Lake Geneva from Madison?

59.1 miles (95.2 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Lake Geneva.

What is the nearest larger city to Lake Geneva?

Elkhorn, WI, with 10,122 residents, 8.2 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.

  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.