Wisconsin · Census place 5517425
Crandon, Wisconsin
Crandon is a city in Forest County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,737 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 282nd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,737
- #282 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +1.6%
- +27 people
- Land area
- 5.2 sq mi
- + 0.97 sq mi water
- Density
- 333 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Crandon population, 2020 to 2024
Crandon added 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +34.
Crandon covers 5.22 square miles of land and 0.97 of water, for 333 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Crandon is less dense than the typical town.
What county Crandon is in
All of Crandon's residents live in Forest County, which had 9,506 residents in 2024. Crandon holds 18.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Crandon
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Crandon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54520. 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 Crandon is
The Census internal point of Crandon is at 45.567800, -88.895500. Madison, the capital, is 173.9 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rhinelander, WI (8,286 people), 26.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 84.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.567800, -88.895500
- DMS
- 45°34'4.08"N 88°53'43.80"W
- UTM
- 16N 352089.0E 5047776.4N
- Geohash
- f00g1pk78
- Plus code
- 86QHH493+4R
Daylight in Crandon
At 45.57° N, Crandon gets about 15 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Crandon
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Rhinelander, 26.2 miles away, with 8,286 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Crandon, WI?
1,737 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 27 (1.6%) from 1,710 in July 2020.
What county is Crandon in?
Forest County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Crandon?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54520.
How far is Crandon from Madison?
173.9 miles (279.9 km) in a straight line, heading S from Crandon.
What is the nearest larger city to Crandon?
Rhinelander, WI, with 8,286 residents, 26.2 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.