Wisconsin · Census place 5546200

Luck, Wisconsin

Luck is a village in Polk County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,064 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 364th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,064
#364 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-23 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
+ 0.61 sq mi water
Density
540 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Luck. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Luck population, 2020 to 2024

Luck lost 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

1,08720201,09220211,08120221,07620231,0642024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,086. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Luck covers 1.97 square miles of land and 0.61 of water, for 540 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Luck is less dense than the typical town.

What county Luck is in

All of Luck's residents live in Polk County, which had 45,831 residents in 2024. Luck holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Luck

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Luck by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54853. 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 Luck is

The Census internal point of Luck is at 45.576800, -92.462500. Madison, the capital, is 230.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Frederic, WI (1,141 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 53.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.576800, -92.462500
DMS
45°34'36.48"N 92°27'45.00"W
UTM
15N 541936.0E 5047169.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86Q9HGGQ+P2

Daylight in Luck

At 45.58° N, Luck gets about 15 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Luck

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Frederic, 5.2 miles away, with 1,141 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Luck, WI?

1,064 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 23 (2.1%) from 1,087 in July 2020.

What county is Luck in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Luck?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54853.

How far is Luck from Madison?

230.3 miles (370.6 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Luck.

What is the nearest larger city to Luck?

Frederic, WI, with 1,141 residents, 5.2 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.