Wisconsin · Census place 5565600

Princeton, Wisconsin

Princeton is a city in Green Lake County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,270 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 334th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,270
#334 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+0.3%
+4 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
+ 0.10 sq mi water
Density
819 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Princeton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Princeton population, 2020 to 2024

Princeton added 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by -9.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,267. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Princeton covers 1.55 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 819 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Princeton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Princeton is in

All of Princeton's residents live in Green Lake County, which had 19,370 residents in 2024. Princeton holds 6.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Princeton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Princeton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54968. 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 Princeton is

The Census internal point of Princeton is at 43.855900, -89.124800. Madison, the capital, is 55.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Montello, WI (1,437 people), 11.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 55.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.855900, -89.124800
DMS
43°51'21.24"N 89°07'29.28"W
UTM
16N 329232.7E 4858062.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MGVV4G+93

Daylight in Princeton

At 43.86° N, Princeton gets about 15 h 28 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Princeton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Green Lake, 8.5 miles away, with 1,043 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Princeton, WI?

1,270 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4 (0.3%) from 1,266 in July 2020.

What county is Princeton in?

Green Lake County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Princeton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54968.

How far is Princeton from Madison?

55.5 miles (89.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Princeton.

What is the nearest larger city to Princeton?

Montello, WI, with 1,437 residents, 11.2 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.