Stoughton, Wisconsin

Stoughton population, 2020 to 2024

Stoughton lost 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +132. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 107th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Stoughton is 1.0 times that size.

Stoughton covers 6.16 square miles of land and 0.33 of water, for 2,132 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Stoughton is denser than the typical town.

What county Stoughton is in

All of Stoughton's residents live in Dane County, which had 588,347 residents in 2024. Stoughton holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Stoughton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Stoughton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53589. 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 Stoughton is

The Census internal point of Stoughton is at 42.923800, -89.222500. Madison, the capital, is 13.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fitchburg, WI (34,357 people), 11.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 15.4 miles away.

Daylight in Stoughton

At 42.92° N, Stoughton gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Stoughton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is McFarland, 7.3 miles away, with 9,224 people.