Wisconsin · Census place 5563700

Plymouth, Wisconsin

Plymouth is a city in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin with an estimated 8,854 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 111th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,854
#111 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-82 people
Land area
5.4 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
1,652 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Plymouth. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Plymouth population, 2020 to 2024

Plymouth lost 82 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -24. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 128th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Plymouth is 71% of it.

8,93620208,88820218,88520228,87820238,8542024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,937. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Plymouth covers 5.36 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,652 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Plymouth is close to the typical town.

What county Plymouth is in

All of Plymouth's residents live in Sheboygan County, which had 118,331 residents in 2024. Plymouth holds 7.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Plymouth

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Plymouth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53073. 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 Plymouth is

The Census internal point of Plymouth is at 43.745300, -87.965300. Madison, the capital, is 84.9 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sheboygan, WI (49,624 people), 11.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 47.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.745300, -87.965300
DMS
43°44'43.08"N 87°57'55.08"W
UTM
16N 422277.5E 4844037.2N
Geohash
dpc2y79dg
Plus code
86MJP2WM+4V

Daylight in Plymouth

At 43.75° N, Plymouth gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Plymouth

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Elkhart Lake, 6.4 miles away, with 1,102 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Plymouth, WI?

8,854 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 82 (0.9%) from 8,936 in July 2020.

What county is Plymouth in?

Sheboygan County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Plymouth?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53073.

How far is Plymouth from Madison?

84.9 miles (136.7 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Plymouth.

What is the nearest larger city to Plymouth?

Sheboygan, WI, with 49,624 residents, 11.7 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.