Wisconsin · Census place 5582925

Viroqua, Wisconsin

Viroqua is a city in Vernon County, Wisconsin with an estimated 4,407 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 165th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,407
#165 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-2.6%
-117 people
Land area
4.5 sq mi
Density
975 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Viroqua. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Viroqua population, 2020 to 2024

Viroqua lost 117 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

4,52420204,52020214,47920224,40420234,4072024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,532. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Viroqua covers 4.52 square miles of land, for 975 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Viroqua is less dense than the typical town.

What county Viroqua is in

All of Viroqua's residents live in Vernon County, which had 31,351 residents in 2024. Viroqua holds 14.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Viroqua

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Viroqua by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54665. 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 Viroqua is

The Census internal point of Viroqua is at 43.560600, -90.886200. Madison, the capital, is 82.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is La Crosse, WI (51,049 people), 24.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 80.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.560600, -90.886200
DMS
43°33'38.16"N 90°53'10.32"W
UTM
15N 670719.7E 4825242.2N
Geohash
9zxrgcfwy
Plus code
86MFH467+6G

Daylight in Viroqua

At 43.56° N, Viroqua gets about 15 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Viroqua

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Westby, 6.5 miles away, with 2,414 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Viroqua, WI?

4,407 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 117 (2.6%) from 4,524 in July 2020.

What county is Viroqua in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Viroqua?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54665.

How far is Viroqua from Madison?

82.6 miles (133.0 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Viroqua.

What is the nearest larger city to Viroqua?

La Crosse, WI, with 51,049 residents, 24.9 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.