Platteville, Wisconsin

Platteville population, 2020 to 2024

Platteville lost 3 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +241. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 101st; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Platteville is 94% of it.

Platteville covers 6.18 square miles of land, for 1,915 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Platteville is denser than the typical town.

What county Platteville is in

All of Platteville's residents live in Grant County, which had 52,330 residents in 2024. Platteville holds 22.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Platteville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Platteville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53818. 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 Platteville is

The Census internal point of Platteville is at 42.727900, -90.468100. Madison, the capital, is 59.9 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dubuque, IA (58,987 people), 19.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 58.1 miles away.

Daylight in Platteville

At 42.73° N, Platteville gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Platteville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Belmont, 6.8 miles away, with 1,033 people.