Wisconsin · Census place 5583525
Washburn, Wisconsin
Washburn is a city in Bayfield County, Wisconsin with an estimated 2,055 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 263rd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,055
- #263 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +0.6%
- +13 people
- Land area
- 3.9 sq mi
- Density
- 526 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Washburn population, 2020 to 2024
Washburn added 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +8.
Washburn covers 3.91 square miles of land, for 526 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Washburn is less dense than the typical town.
What county Washburn is in
All of Washburn's residents live in Bayfield County, which had 16,838 residents in 2024. Washburn holds 12.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Washburn
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Washburn by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54891. 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 Washburn is
The Census internal point of Washburn is at 46.676700, -90.901300. Madison, the capital, is 259.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ashland, WI (7,940 people), 6.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 159.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 46.676700, -90.901300
- DMS
- 46°40'36.12"N 90°54'4.68"W
- UTM
- 15N 660512.7E 5171377.1N
- Geohash
- cbr3e3pxq
- Plus code
- 86RFM3GX+MF
Daylight in Washburn
At 46.68° N, Washburn gets about 15 h 51 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Washburn
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Ashland, 6.7 miles away, with 7,940 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Washburn, WI?
2,055 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 13 (0.6%) from 2,042 in July 2020.
What county is Washburn in?
Bayfield County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Washburn?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54891.
How far is Washburn from Madison?
259.7 miles (417.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Washburn.
What is the nearest larger city to Washburn?
Ashland, WI, with 7,940 residents, 6.7 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.