Wisconsin · Census place 5587725

Windsor, Wisconsin

Windsor is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin with an estimated 10,005 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 98th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,005
#98 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+13.8%
+1,214 people
Land area
27.5 sq mi
+ 0.11 sq mi water
Density
364 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Windsor. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Windsor population, 2020 to 2024

Windsor added 1,214 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.8%. In the latest year it moved by +194. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 3rd; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Windsor is 80% of it.

8,79120209,13020219,50820229,811202310.0k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,763. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Windsor covers 27.52 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 364 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Windsor is less dense than the typical town.

What county Windsor is in

All of Windsor's residents live in Dane County, which had 588,347 residents in 2024. Windsor holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Windsor

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Windsor by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53532, 53571, 53590, 53598. 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 Windsor is

The Census internal point of Windsor is at 43.245700, -89.281500. Madison, the capital, is 12.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is DeForest, WI (12,260 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 13.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.245700, -89.281500
DMS
43°14'44.52"N 89°16'53.40"W
UTM
16N 314778.3E 4790627.2N
Geohash
dp8w02ehq
Plus code
86MG6PW9+7C

Daylight in Windsor

At 43.25° N, Windsor gets about 15 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Windsor

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is DeForest, 3.5 miles away, with 12,260 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Windsor, WI?

10,005 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,214 (13.8%) from 8,791 in July 2020.

What county is Windsor in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Windsor?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 53532, 53571, 53590, 53598.

How far is Windsor from Madison?

12.9 miles (20.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Windsor.

What is the nearest larger city to Windsor?

DeForest, WI, with 12,260 residents, 3.5 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.