Wisconsin · Census place 5521625

Eagle River, Wisconsin

Eagle River is a city in Vilas County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,681 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 286th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,681
#286 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+2.9%
+48 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
+ 0.17 sq mi water
Density
516 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Eagle River. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Eagle River population, 2020 to 2024

Eagle River added 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +47.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,630. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Eagle River covers 3.26 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 516 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Eagle River is less dense than the typical town.

What county Eagle River is in

All of Eagle River's residents live in Vilas County, which had 23,948 residents in 2024. Eagle River holds 7.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Eagle River

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Eagle River by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54521. 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 Eagle River is

The Census internal point of Eagle River is at 45.924700, -89.257800. Madison, the capital, is 197.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rhinelander, WI (8,286 people), 21.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 115.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.924700, -89.257800
DMS
45°55'28.92"N 89°15'28.08"W
UTM
16N 324937.7E 5088159.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86QGWPFR+VV

Daylight in Eagle River

At 45.92° N, Eagle River gets about 15 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 39 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Eagle River

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Rhinelander, 21.7 miles away, with 8,286 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Eagle River, WI?

1,681 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 48 (2.9%) from 1,633 in July 2020.

What county is Eagle River in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Eagle River?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54521.

How far is Eagle River from Madison?

197.0 miles (317.0 km) in a straight line, heading S from Eagle River.

What is the nearest larger city to Eagle River?

Rhinelander, WI, with 8,286 residents, 21.7 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.

  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.