Wisconsin · Census place 5573825

Shullsburg, Wisconsin

Shullsburg is a city in Lafayette County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,230 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 337th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,230
#337 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+5.0%
+59 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
925 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Shullsburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Shullsburg population, 2020 to 2024

Shullsburg added 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.0%. In the latest year it moved by +20.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,172. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Shullsburg covers 1.33 square miles of land, for 925 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Shullsburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Shullsburg is in

All of Shullsburg's residents live in Lafayette County, which had 17,306 residents in 2024. Shullsburg holds 7.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Shullsburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shullsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53586. 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 Shullsburg is

The Census internal point of Shullsburg is at 42.573300, -90.234800. Madison, the capital, is 55.3 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Darlington, WI (2,482 people), 9.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 54.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.573300, -90.234800
DMS
42°34'23.88"N 90°14'5.28"W
UTM
15N 726947.8E 4717138.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JFHQF8+83

Daylight in Shullsburg

At 42.57° N, Shullsburg gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Shullsburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Darlington, 9.2 miles away, with 2,482 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Shullsburg, WI?

1,230 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 59 (5.0%) from 1,171 in July 2020.

What county is Shullsburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Shullsburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53586.

How far is Shullsburg from Madison?

55.3 miles (89.0 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Shullsburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Shullsburg?

Darlington, WI, with 2,482 residents, 9.2 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.