Wisconsin · Census place 5564900

Poynette, Wisconsin

Poynette is a village in Columbia County, Wisconsin with an estimated 2,834 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 223rd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,834
#223 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+9.0%
+234 people
Land area
2.6 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,103 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Poynette. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Poynette population, 2020 to 2024

Poynette added 234 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.0%. In the latest year it moved by +120.

2,60020202,59820212,59620222,71420232,8342024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,600. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Poynette covers 2.57 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,103 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Poynette is less dense than the typical town.

What county Poynette is in

All of Poynette's residents live in Columbia County, which had 58,113 residents in 2024. Poynette holds 4.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Poynette

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Poynette by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53955. 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 Poynette is

The Census internal point of Poynette is at 43.392200, -89.404800. Madison, the capital, is 21.9 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lodi, WI (3,200 people), 8.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 21.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.392200, -89.404800
DMS
43°23'31.92"N 89°24'17.28"W
UTM
16N 305236.7E 4807178.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MG9HRW+V3

Daylight in Poynette

At 43.39° N, Poynette gets about 15 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Poynette

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Lodi, 8.6 miles away, with 3,200 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Poynette, WI?

2,834 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 234 (9.0%) from 2,600 in July 2020.

What county is Poynette in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Poynette?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53955.

How far is Poynette from Madison?

21.9 miles (35.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Poynette.

What is the nearest larger city to Poynette?

Lodi, WI, with 3,200 residents, 8.6 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.