Wisconsin · Census place 5564175

Port Edwards, Wisconsin

Port Edwards is a village in Wood County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,759 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 281st largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,759
#281 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-20 people
Land area
6.0 sq mi
+ 1.23 sq mi water
Density
294 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Port Edwards. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Port Edwards population, 2020 to 2024

Port Edwards lost 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +0.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,781. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Port Edwards covers 5.98 square miles of land and 1.23 of water, for 294 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Port Edwards is less dense than the typical town.

What county Port Edwards is in

All of Port Edwards's residents live in Wood County, which had 73,943 residents in 2024. Port Edwards holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Port Edwards

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Port Edwards by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54469, 54494, 54495. 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 Port Edwards is

The Census internal point of Port Edwards is at 44.357300, -89.850400. Madison, the capital, is 91.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wisconsin Rapids, WI (18,675 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 90.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.357300, -89.850400
DMS
44°21'26.28"N 89°51'1.44"W
UTM
16N 272845.4E 4915510.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86PG944X+WR

Daylight in Port Edwards

At 44.36° N, Port Edwards gets about 15 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Port Edwards

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Wisconsin Rapids, 2.7 miles away, with 18,675 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Port Edwards, WI?

1,759 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 20 (1.1%) from 1,779 in July 2020.

What county is Port Edwards in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Port Edwards?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 54469, 54494, 54495.

How far is Port Edwards from Madison?

91.6 miles (147.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Port Edwards.

What is the nearest larger city to Port Edwards?

Wisconsin Rapids, WI, with 18,675 residents, 2.7 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.