Wisconsin · Census place 5558400
North Prairie, Wisconsin
North Prairie is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin with an estimated 2,214 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 256th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,214
- #256 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +0.4%
- +9 people
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 805 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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North Prairie population, 2020 to 2024
North Prairie added 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +10.
North Prairie covers 2.75 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 805 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so North Prairie is less dense than the typical town.
What county North Prairie is in
All of North Prairie's residents live in Waukesha County, which had 417,029 residents in 2024. North Prairie holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in North Prairie
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps North Prairie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53153. 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 North Prairie is
The Census internal point of North Prairie is at 42.940900, -88.402100. Madison, the capital, is 50.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wales, WI (2,913 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 23.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.940900, -88.402100
- DMS
- 42°56'27.24"N 88°24'7.56"W
- UTM
- 16N 385606.8E 4755205.5N
- Geohash
- dp9hk35sc
- Plus code
- 86JHWHRX+95
Daylight in North Prairie
At 42.94° N, North Prairie 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 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near North Prairie
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Wales, 4.8 miles away, with 2,913 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of North Prairie, WI?
2,214 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 9 (0.4%) from 2,205 in July 2020.
What county is North Prairie in?
Waukesha County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover North Prairie?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53153.
How far is North Prairie from Madison?
50.5 miles (81.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from North Prairie.
What is the nearest larger city to North Prairie?
Wales, WI, with 2,913 residents, 4.8 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.