Wisconsin · Census place 5507900

Black River Falls, Wisconsin

Black River Falls is a city in Jackson County, Wisconsin with an estimated 3,563 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 192nd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,563
#192 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+1.4%
+49 people
Land area
4.2 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
852 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Black River Falls. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Black River Falls population, 2020 to 2024

Black River Falls added 49 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -20.

3,51420203,49220213,62620223,58320233,5632024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,522. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Black River Falls covers 4.18 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 852 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Black River Falls is less dense than the typical town.

What county Black River Falls is in

All of Black River Falls's residents live in Jackson County, which had 21,027 residents in 2024. Black River Falls holds 16.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Black River Falls

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Black River Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54615. 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 Black River Falls is

The Census internal point of Black River Falls is at 44.298500, -90.842800. Madison, the capital, is 111.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sparta, WI (9,963 people), 24.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 83.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.298500, -90.842800
DMS
44°17'54.60"N 90°50'34.08"W
UTM
15N 672083.2E 4907290.4N
Geohash
9zzkhb633
Plus code
86PF75X4+CV

Daylight in Black River Falls

At 44.30° N, Black River Falls gets about 15 h 32 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 51 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Black River Falls

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Neillsville, 21.9 miles away, with 2,375 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Black River Falls, WI?

3,563 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 49 (1.4%) from 3,514 in July 2020.

What county is Black River Falls in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Black River Falls?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54615.

How far is Black River Falls from Madison?

111.6 miles (179.6 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Black River Falls.

What is the nearest larger city to Black River Falls?

Sparta, WI, with 9,963 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.