Wisconsin · Census place 5537025

Iola, Wisconsin

Iola is a village in Waupaca County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,220 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 338th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,220
#338 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-4.2%
-54 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
+ 0.17 sq mi water
Density
726 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Iola. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Iola population, 2020 to 2024

Iola lost 54 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.2%. In the latest year it moved by -9.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,277. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Iola covers 1.68 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 726 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Iola is less dense than the typical town.

What county Iola is in

All of Iola's residents live in Waupaca County, which had 51,171 residents in 2024. Iola holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Iola

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Iola by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54945. 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 Iola is

The Census internal point of Iola is at 44.509700, -89.117200. Madison, the capital, is 100.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Manawa, WI (1,421 people), 10.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 55.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.509700, -89.117200
DMS
44°30'34.92"N 89°07'1.92"W
UTM
16N 331714.6E 4930666.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86PGGV5M+V4

Daylight in Iola

At 44.51° N, Iola gets about 15 h 33 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Iola

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Amherst, 9.2 miles away, with 1,132 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Iola, WI?

1,220 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 54 (4.2%) from 1,274 in July 2020.

What county is Iola in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Iola?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54945.

How far is Iola from Madison?

100.0 miles (161.0 km) in a straight line, heading S from Iola.

What is the nearest larger city to Iola?

Manawa, WI, with 1,421 residents, 10.3 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.