Wisconsin · Census place 5551575
Middleton, Wisconsin
Middleton is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin with an estimated 22,566 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 37th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 22,566
- #37 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +2.4%
- +538 people
- Land area
- 9.4 sq mi
- + 0.14 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,401 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Middleton population, 2020 to 2024
Middleton added 538 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -56. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 53rd; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Middleton is 1.8 times that size.
Middleton covers 9.40 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 2,401 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Middleton is denser than the typical town.
What county Middleton is in
All of Middleton's residents live in Dane County, which had 588,347 residents in 2024. Middleton holds 3.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Middleton
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Middleton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53562, 53597. 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 Middleton is
The Census internal point of Middleton is at 43.107000, -89.506300. Madison, the capital, is 6.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Madison, WI (285,300 people), 4.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.107000, -89.506300
- DMS
- 43°06'25.20"N 89°30'22.68"W
- UTM
- 16N 296066.1E 4775746.1N
- Geohash
- dp8m5prs2
- Plus code
- 86MG4F4V+RF
Daylight in Middleton
At 43.11° N, Middleton gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Middleton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Shorewood Hills, 3.6 miles away, with 2,182 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Middleton, WI?
22,566 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 538 (2.4%) from 22,028 in July 2020.
What county is Middleton in?
Dane County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Middleton?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 53562, 53597.
How far is Middleton from Madison?
6.6 miles (10.5 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Middleton.
What is the nearest larger city to Middleton?
Madison, WI, with 285,300 residents, 4.1 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.