Wisconsin · Census place 5577200

Stevens Point, Wisconsin

Stevens Point is a city in Portage County, Wisconsin with an estimated 26,465 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 31st largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
26,465
#31 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+2.9%
+758 people
Land area
17.3 sq mi
+ 1.24 sq mi water
Density
1,530 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Stevens Point. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Stevens Point population, 2020 to 2024

Stevens Point added 758 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +230. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 46th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Stevens Point is 2.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 25,681. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Stevens Point covers 17.30 square miles of land and 1.24 of water, for 1,530 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Stevens Point is close to the typical town.

What county Stevens Point is in

All of Stevens Point's residents live in Portage County, which had 72,040 residents in 2024. Stevens Point holds 36.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Stevens Point

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Stevens Point by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54481, 54482. 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 Stevens Point is

The Census internal point of Stevens Point is at 44.525300, -89.550400. Madison, the capital, is 100.5 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wausau, WI (40,262 people), 30.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 77.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.525300, -89.550400
DMS
44°31'31.08"N 89°33'1.44"W
UTM
16N 297335.4E 4933383.4N
Geohash
dpbm61x6s
Plus code
86PGGCGX+4R

Daylight in Stevens Point

At 44.53° N, Stevens Point gets about 15 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 49 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Stevens Point

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Whiting, 2.5 miles away, with 1,647 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Stevens Point, WI?

26,465 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 758 (2.9%) from 25,707 in July 2020.

What county is Stevens Point in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Stevens Point?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 54481, 54482.

How far is Stevens Point from Madison?

100.5 miles (161.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Stevens Point.

What is the nearest larger city to Stevens Point?

Wausau, WI, with 40,262 residents, 30.5 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.