Wisconsin · Census place 5582575
Vernon, Wisconsin
Vernon is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin with an estimated 7,505 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 130th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 7,505
- #130 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +0.4%
- +30 people
- Land area
- 30.0 sq mi
- + 1.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 250 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Vernon population, 2020 to 2024
Vernon added 30 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +35. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 90th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Vernon is 60% of it.
Vernon covers 29.98 square miles of land and 1.04 of water, for 250 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Vernon is less dense than the typical town.
What county Vernon is in
All of Vernon's residents live in Waukesha County, which had 417,029 residents in 2024. Vernon holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Vernon
No ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps Vernon by at least 10% of either area. 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 Vernon is
The Census internal point of Vernon is at 42.879000, -88.266600. Madison, the capital, is 58.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mukwonago, WI (8,512 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 19.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.879000, -88.266600
- DMS
- 42°52'44.40"N 88°15'59.76"W
- UTM
- 16N 396558.5E 4748156.2N
- Geohash
- dp95zmyhr
- Plus code
- 86JHVPHM+J9
Daylight in Vernon
At 42.88° N, Vernon 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 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Vernon
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Big Bend, 3.2 miles away, with 1,502 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Vernon, WI?
7,505 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 30 (0.4%) from 7,475 in July 2020.
What county is Vernon in?
Waukesha County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Vernon?
No ZCTA overlaps Vernon by 10% or more of either area in the 2020 relationship file.
How far is Vernon from Madison?
58.1 miles (93.5 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Vernon.
What is the nearest larger city to Vernon?
Mukwonago, WI, with 8,512 residents, 3.3 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.