Wisconsin · Census place 5542250

Lancaster, Wisconsin

Lancaster is a city in Grant County, Wisconsin with an estimated 4,042 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 173rd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,042; #173 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020: +2.7%; +105 people
Land area: 3.0 sq mi
Density: 1,338 / sq mi; State median 1,583

Orange pin: Lancaster. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

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Lancaster population, 2020 to 2024

Lancaster added 105 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +12.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,934. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lancaster covers 3.02 square miles of land, for 1,338 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Lancaster is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lancaster is in

All of Lancaster's residents live in Grant County, which had 52,330 residents in 2024. Lancaster holds 7.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lancaster

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lancaster by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53813. 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 Lancaster is

The Census internal point of Lancaster is at 42.847400, -90.706400. Madison, the capital, is 68.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Platteville, WI (11,833 people), 14.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 66.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 42.847400, -90.706400
DMS: 42°50'50.64"N 90°42'23.04"W
UTM: 15N 687413.4E 4746420.7N
Geohash: 9zx7zbjs5
Plus code: 86JFR7WV+XC

Daylight in Lancaster

At 42.85° N, Lancaster gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lancaster

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Fennimore, 9.6 miles away, with 2,775 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lancaster, WI?

4,042 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 105 (2.7%) from 3,937 in July 2020.

What county is Lancaster in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lancaster?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53813.

How far is Lancaster from Madison?

68.7 miles (110.5 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Lancaster.

What is the nearest larger city to Lancaster?

Platteville, WI, with 11,833 residents, 14.7 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.