Wisconsin · Census place 5575400

Spencer, Wisconsin

Spencer is a village in Marathon County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,813 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 274th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,813; #274 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020: -0.7%; -12 people
Land area: 2.0 sq mi
Density: 920 / sq mi; State median 1,583

Orange pin: Spencer. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

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Spencer population, 2020 to 2024

Spencer lost 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,826. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Spencer covers 1.97 square miles of land, for 920 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Spencer is less dense than the typical town.

What county Spencer is in

All of Spencer's residents live in Marathon County, which had 139,091 residents in 2024. Spencer 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 Spencer

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Spencer by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54479. 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 Spencer is

The Census internal point of Spencer is at 44.753600, -90.298500. Madison, the capital, is 124.6 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marshfield, WI (18,973 people), 8.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 114.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 44.753600, -90.298500
DMS: 44°45'12.96"N 90°17'54.60"W
UTM: 15N 713830.9E 4959129.6N
Geohash: 9zzy95nss
Plus code: 86PFQP32+CJ

Daylight in Spencer

At 44.75° N, Spencer 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 Spencer

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Marshfield, 8.8 miles away, with 18,973 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Spencer, WI?

1,813 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 12 (0.7%) from 1,825 in July 2020.

What county is Spencer in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Spencer?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54479.

How far is Spencer from Madison?

124.6 miles (200.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Spencer.

What is the nearest larger city to Spencer?

Marshfield, WI, with 18,973 residents, 8.8 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.