Ranking · Wisconsin
Fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking places in Wisconsin
Town of Bloomfield, Walworth County has the highest population change, 2020 to 2025 of Wisconsin's 884 ranked places (+71.6%); Greenbush has the lowest (−10.8%). Ranked: places with 1,000 or more residents in the 2020 Census that are incorporated (the Census Bureau estimates only those each year).
Which are the fastest-growing places?
Fastest-growing places in Wisconsin, first to fifth: Town of Bloomfield, Walworth County (+71.6%), Lannon (+52.1%), Wrightstown (+30.7%), Roberts (+29.6%) and Cottage Grove (+22.4%).
| Rank | Place | Population change, 2020 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Town of Bloomfield, Walworth County | +71.6% |
| 2 | Lannon | +52.1% |
| 3 | Wrightstown | +30.7% |
| 4 | Roberts | +29.6% |
| 5 | Cottage Grove | +22.4% |
| 6 | Town of Clayton, Winnebago County | +22.3% |
| 7 | DeForest | +21.1% |
| 8 | Verona | +20.8% |
| 9 | Denmark | +18.9% |
| 10 | Harrison | +16.7% |
| 11 | Town of Germantown, Juneau County | +16.0% |
| 12 | Windsor | +15.2% |
| 13 | Hobart | +14.2% |
| 14 | Holmen | +13.4% |
| 15 | Altoona | +13.1% |
| 16 | Hartland | +13.1% |
| 17 | Somerset | +13.0% |
| 18 | Town of Rome | +13.0% |
| 19 | Poynette | +12.4% |
| 20 | Athens | +12.1% |
| 21 | Union Grove | +11.9% |
| 22 | Fitchburg | +11.7% |
| 23 | Howard | +11.4% |
| 24 | Summit | +11.1% |
| 25 | Grafton | +10.9% |
Source: Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025 (SUB-EST2025) · Census population estimates
Which are the fastest-shrinking places?
Fastest-shrinking places in Wisconsin, first to fifth: Town of Greenbush (−10.8%), Elroy (−7.3%), Town of Farmington, Waupaca County (−6.3%), Portage (−6.0%) and Augusta (−5.8%).
| Rank | Place | Population change, 2020 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 884 | Town of Greenbush | −10.8% |
| 883 | Elroy | −7.3% |
| 882 | Town of Farmington, Waupaca County | −6.3% |
| 881 | Portage | −6.0% |
| 880 | Augusta | −5.8% |
| 879 | Shorewood Hills | −5.3% |
| 878 | Mauston | −5.1% |
| 877 | Town of Blooming Grove | −5.0% |
| 876 | Fox Point | −5.0% |
| 875 | Iola | −4.9% |
| 874 | New Holstein | −4.8% |
| 873 | Maple Bluff | −4.7% |
| 872 | Town of Chilton | −4.6% |
| 871 | Town of Union, Eau Claire County | −4.4% |
| 870 | Town of Dunn, Dane County | −4.4% |
| 869 | Town of Burke | −4.4% |
| 868 | Town of Hawthorne | −4.3% |
| 867 | Town of Dunkirk | −4.2% |
| 866 | Town of Sun Prairie | −4.1% |
| 865 | Town of Montrose | −4.1% |
| 864 | Town of Deerfield, Dane County | −4.0% |
| 863 | Town of Springfield, Dane County | −4.0% |
| 862 | Town of Vienna | −3.9% |
| 861 | Town of Christiana, Dane County | −3.9% |
| 860 | Town of Oregon | −3.8% |
Source: Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025 (SUB-EST2025) · Census population estimates
How is this ranking made?
Each place's population change, 2020 to 2025 is read from the Census Bureau's April 1, 2020 estimates base and its July 1, 2025 estimate. A place enters the ranking if it had 1,000 or more residents in the 2020 Census and is incorporated. Ties in the published figure share a rank. This is a measurement of one figure, not a judgment of a place.
Towns and townships are ranked beside cities, villages and census-designated places, and a census-designated place can lie inside a township, so one area can appear twice, once as each.
Source: PlainCities ranking method applied to the Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025 (SUB-EST2025) · How ranks are computed
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