Wisconsin · Census place 5565375
Prescott, Wisconsin
Prescott is a city in Pierce County, Wisconsin with an estimated 4,584 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 161st largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,584
- #161 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +5.9%
- +257 people
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- + 0.37 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,620 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Prescott population, 2020 to 2024
Prescott added 257 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.9%. In the latest year it moved by -39.
Prescott covers 2.83 square miles of land and 0.37 of water, for 1,620 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Prescott is close to the typical town.
What county Prescott is in
All of Prescott's residents live in Pierce County, which had 43,380 residents in 2024. Prescott holds 10.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Prescott
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Prescott by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54021. 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 Prescott is
The Census internal point of Prescott is at 44.753400, -92.789000. Madison, the capital, is 205.3 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hastings, MN (22,502 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 20.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.753400, -92.789000
- DMS
- 44°45'12.24"N 92°47'20.40"W
- UTM
- 15N 516701.2E 4955578.5N
- Geohash
- 9zyn8e157
- Plus code
- 86P9Q636+9C
Daylight in Prescott
At 44.75° N, Prescott gets about 15 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Prescott
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is River Falls, 10.9 miles away, with 17,802 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Prescott, WI?
4,584 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 257 (5.9%) from 4,327 in July 2020.
What county is Prescott in?
Pierce County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Prescott?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54021.
How far is Prescott from Madison?
205.3 miles (330.4 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Prescott.
What is the nearest larger city to Prescott?
Hastings, MN, with 22,502 residents, 3.5 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.