Wisconsin · Census place 5567475

Richfield, Wisconsin

Richfield is a village in Washington County, Wisconsin with an estimated 11,783 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 85th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,783
#85 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+0.3%
+31 people
Land area
35.9 sq mi
+ 0.55 sq mi water
Density
328 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Richfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Richfield population, 2020 to 2024

Richfield added 31 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +5. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 93rd; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Richfield is 94% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,742. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Richfield covers 35.92 square miles of land and 0.55 of water, for 328 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Richfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Richfield is in

All of Richfield's residents live in Washington County, which had 138,727 residents in 2024. Richfield holds 8.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Richfield

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Richfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53017, 53033, 53076. 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 Richfield is

The Census internal point of Richfield is at 43.239400, -88.234000. Madison, the capital, is 59.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Germantown, WI (21,032 people), 5.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 18.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.239400, -88.234000
DMS
43°14'21.84"N 88°14'2.40"W
UTM
16N 399809.6E 4788139.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
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Daylight in Richfield

At 43.24° N, Richfield gets about 15 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Richfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Germantown, 5.5 miles away, with 21,032 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Richfield, WI?

11,783 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 31 (0.3%) from 11,752 in July 2020.

What county is Richfield in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Richfield?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 53017, 53033, 53076.

How far is Richfield from Madison?

59.1 miles (95.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Richfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Richfield?

Germantown, WI, with 21,032 residents, 5.5 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.

  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.