Wisconsin · Census place 5583175

Wales, Wisconsin

Wales is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin with an estimated 2,913 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 218th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,913; #218 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020: +1.7%; +50 people
Land area: 3.2 sq mi
Density: 902 / sq mi; State median 1,583

Orange pin: Wales. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

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Wales population, 2020 to 2024

Wales added 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,859. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wales covers 3.23 square miles of land, for 902 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Wales is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wales is in

All of Wales's residents live in Waukesha County, which had 417,029 residents in 2024. Wales holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wales

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wales by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53183. 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 Wales is

The Census internal point of Wales is at 43.005800, -88.370400. Madison, the capital, is 51.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Delafield, WI (7,275 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 20.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 43.005800, -88.370400
DMS: 43°00'20.88"N 88°22'13.44"W
UTM: 16N 388310.7E 4762370.0N
Geohash: dp9hthfwu
Plus code: 86MH2J4H+8R

Daylight in Wales

At 43.01° N, Wales gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wales

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Delafield, 4.4 miles away, with 7,275 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wales, WI?

2,913 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 50 (1.7%) from 2,863 in July 2020.

What county is Wales in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wales?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53183.

How far is Wales from Madison?

51.4 miles (82.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Wales.

What is the nearest larger city to Wales?

Delafield, WI, with 7,275 residents, 4.3 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.