Wisconsin · Census place 5536525

Hurley, Wisconsin

Hurley is a city in Iron County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,610 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 292nd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,610; #292 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020: +2.8%; +44 people
Land area: 3.2 sq mi; + 0.15 sq mi water
Density: 497 / sq mi; State median 1,583

Orange pin: Hurley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

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Hurley population, 2020 to 2024

Hurley added 44 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +24.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,564. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hurley covers 3.24 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 497 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Hurley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hurley is in

All of Hurley's residents live in Iron County, which had 6,235 residents in 2024. Hurley holds 25.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hurley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hurley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54534. 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 Hurley is

The Census internal point of Hurley is at 46.444300, -90.211300. Madison, the capital, is 236.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ironwood, MI (4,938 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 171.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 46.444300, -90.211300
DMS: 46°26'39.48"N 90°12'40.68"W
UTM: 15N 714196.5E 5147193.3N
Geohash: cbrb5nyjs
Plus code: 86RFCQVQ+PF

Daylight in Hurley

At 46.44° N, Hurley gets about 15 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hurley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Ashland, 32.8 miles away, with 7,940 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hurley, WI?

1,610 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 44 (2.8%) from 1,566 in July 2020.

What county is Hurley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hurley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54534.

How far is Hurley from Madison?

236.3 miles (380.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Hurley.

What is the nearest larger city to Hurley?

Ironwood, MI, with 4,938 residents, 2.9 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.