Wisconsin · Census place 5550425
Medford, Wisconsin
Medford is a city in Taylor County, Wisconsin with an estimated 4,604 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 160th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,604
- #160 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +5.8%
- +253 people
- Land area
- 4.5 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,014 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Medford population, 2020 to 2024
Medford added 253 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.8%. In the latest year it moved by +89.
Medford covers 4.54 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,014 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Medford is less dense than the typical town.
What county Medford is in
All of Medford's residents live in Taylor County, which had 20,167 residents in 2024. Medford holds 22.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Medford
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Medford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54451. 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 Medford is
The Census internal point of Medford is at 45.135400, -90.343500. Madison, the capital, is 150.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Merrill, WI (9,445 people), 31.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 123.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.135400, -90.343500
- DMS
- 45°08'7.44"N 90°20'36.60"W
- UTM
- 15N 708878.9E 5001425.1N
- Geohash
- cbpbb0tug
- Plus code
- 86QF4MP4+5J
Daylight in Medford
At 45.14° N, Medford gets about 15 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Medford
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Abbotsford, 13.3 miles away, with 2,423 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Medford, WI?
4,604 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 253 (5.8%) from 4,351 in July 2020.
What county is Medford in?
Taylor County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Medford?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54451.
How far is Medford from Madison?
150.1 miles (241.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Medford.
What is the nearest larger city to Medford?
Merrill, WI, with 9,445 residents, 31.5 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.