Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Manitowoc population, 2020 to 2024

Manitowoc lost 47 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +44. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 105th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Manitowoc is 2.8 times that size.

Manitowoc covers 17.95 square miles of land and 0.36 of water, for 1,928 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Manitowoc is denser than the typical town.

What county Manitowoc is in

All of Manitowoc's residents live in Manitowoc County, which had 81,513 residents in 2024. Manitowoc holds 42.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Manitowoc

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Manitowoc by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54220. 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 Manitowoc is

The Census internal point of Manitowoc is at 44.098000, -87.678900. Madison, the capital, is 110.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sheboygan, WI (49,624 people), 25.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 33.0 miles away.

Daylight in Manitowoc

At 44.10° N, Manitowoc gets about 15 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Manitowoc

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Two Rivers, 6.4 miles away, with 11,214 people.