Wisconsin · Census place 5523800

Elroy, Wisconsin

Elroy is a city in Juneau County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,267 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 335th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,267
#335 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-6.6%
-89 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
Density
630 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Elroy. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Elroy population, 2020 to 2024

Elroy lost 89 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -6.6%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,355. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Elroy covers 2.01 square miles of land, for 630 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Elroy is less dense than the typical town.

What county Elroy is in

All of Elroy's residents live in Juneau County, which had 26,590 residents in 2024. Elroy holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elroy

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elroy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53929. 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 Elroy is

The Census internal point of Elroy is at 43.741600, -90.270200. Madison, the capital, is 64.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hillsboro, WI (1,397 people), 6.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 61.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.741600, -90.270200
DMS
43°44'29.76"N 90°16'12.72"W
UTM
15N 719810.7E 4846795.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MFPPRH+JW

Daylight in Elroy

At 43.74° N, Elroy gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elroy

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Hillsboro, 6.7 miles away, with 1,397 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Elroy, WI?

1,267 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 89 (6.6%) from 1,356 in July 2020.

What county is Elroy in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Elroy?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53929.

How far is Elroy from Madison?

64.0 miles (103.0 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Elroy.

What is the nearest larger city to Elroy?

Hillsboro, WI, with 1,397 residents, 6.7 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.