Wisconsin · Census place 5577750

Stratford, Wisconsin

Stratford is a village in Marathon County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,614 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 291st largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,614
#291 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+1.9%
+30 people
Land area
5.3 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
304 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Stratford. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Stratford population, 2020 to 2024

Stratford added 30 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,580. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Stratford covers 5.31 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 304 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Stratford is less dense than the typical town.

What county Stratford is in

All of Stratford's residents live in Marathon County, which had 139,091 residents in 2024. Stratford holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Stratford

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Stratford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54484. 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 Stratford is

The Census internal point of Stratford is at 44.797600, -90.070600. Madison, the capital, is 123.8 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marshfield, WI (18,973 people), 10.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 104.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.797600, -90.070600
DMS
44°47'51.36"N 90°04'14.16"W
UTM
15N 731693.8E 4964641.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86PFQWXH+2Q

Daylight in Stratford

At 44.80° N, Stratford gets about 15 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Stratford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Edgar, 10.1 miles away, with 1,430 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Stratford, WI?

1,614 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 30 (1.9%) from 1,584 in July 2020.

What county is Stratford in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Stratford?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54484.

How far is Stratford from Madison?

123.8 miles (199.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Stratford.

What is the nearest larger city to Stratford?

Marshfield, WI, with 18,973 residents, 10.5 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.