Wisconsin · Census place 5566200

Random Lake, Wisconsin

Random Lake is a village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,570 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 299th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,570
#299 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+0.5%
+8 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
+ 0.34 sq mi water
Density
1,040 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Random Lake. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Random Lake population, 2020 to 2024

Random Lake added 8 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

1,56220201,55220211,55920221,56620231,5702024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,562. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Random Lake covers 1.51 square miles of land and 0.34 of water, for 1,040 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Random Lake is less dense than the typical town.

What county Random Lake is in

All of Random Lake's residents live in Sheboygan County, which had 118,331 residents in 2024. Random Lake holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Random Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Random Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53075. 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 Random Lake is

The Census internal point of Random Lake is at 43.554700, -87.957800. Madison, the capital, is 79.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fredonia, WI (2,281 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 33.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.554700, -87.957800
DMS
43°33'16.92"N 87°57'28.08"W
UTM
16N 422637.1E 4822861.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MJH23R+VV

Daylight in Random Lake

At 43.55° N, Random Lake gets about 15 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Random Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Fredonia, 5.8 miles away, with 2,281 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Random Lake, WI?

1,570 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 8 (0.5%) from 1,562 in July 2020.

What county is Random Lake in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Random Lake?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53075.

How far is Random Lake from Madison?

79.0 miles (127.1 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Random Lake.

What is the nearest larger city to Random Lake?

Fredonia, WI, with 2,281 residents, 5.8 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.