Wisconsin · Census place 5525150

Fall River, Wisconsin

Fall River is a village in Columbia County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,853 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 271st largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,853
#271 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-1 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
980 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Fall River. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Fall River population, 2020 to 2024

Fall River lost 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,853. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fall River covers 1.89 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 980 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Fall River is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fall River is in

All of Fall River's residents live in Columbia County, which had 58,113 residents in 2024. Fall River holds 3.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fall River

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fall River by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53932. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Fall River is

The Census internal point of Fall River is at 43.385900, -89.045500. Madison, the capital, is 27.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Columbus, WI (5,429 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 28.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.385900, -89.045500
DMS
43°23'9.24"N 89°02'43.80"W
UTM
16N 334319.8E 4805701.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MG9XP3+9R

Daylight in Fall River

At 43.39° N, Fall River gets about 15 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fall River

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Columbus, 3.5 miles away, with 5,429 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fall River, WI?

1,853 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1 (0.1%) from 1,854 in July 2020.

What county is Fall River in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Fall River?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53932.

How far is Fall River from Madison?

27.4 miles (44.1 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Fall River.

What is the nearest larger city to Fall River?

Columbus, WI, with 5,429 residents, 3.5 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.