Wisconsin · Census place 5539525

Kiel, Wisconsin

Kiel is a city in 2 counties of Wisconsin with an estimated 3,975 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 177th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,975
#177 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+0.9%
+37 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
+ 0.13 sq mi water
Density
1,571 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Kiel. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Madison.

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Kiel population, 2020 to 2024

Kiel added 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

3,93820203,97520213,97920223,97620233,9752024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,937. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kiel covers 2.53 square miles of land and 0.13 of water, for 1,571 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Kiel is close to the typical town.

The 2 counties Kiel spans

Kiel crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 3,975 residents as follows; Manitowoc County holds 91.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Manitowoc County3,627
  2. 02Calumet County348
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Kiel

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kiel by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53042. 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 Kiel is

The Census internal point of Kiel is at 43.916000, -88.026500. Madison, the capital, is 89.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chilton, WI (4,183 people), 10.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 41.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.916000, -88.026500
DMS
43°54'57.60"N 88°01'35.40"W
UTM
16N 417585.1E 4863055.3N
Geohash
dpc3uftj1
Plus code
86MHWX8F+CC

Daylight in Kiel

At 43.92° N, Kiel gets about 15 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kiel

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is New Holstein, 4.1 miles away, with 3,051 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kiel, WI?

3,975 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 37 (0.9%) from 3,938 in July 2020.

What county is Kiel in?

It spans 2 counties: Manitowoc County (3,627 residents), Calumet County (348 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Kiel?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53042.

How far is Kiel from Madison?

89.5 miles (144.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Kiel.

What is the nearest larger city to Kiel?

Chilton, WI, with 4,183 residents, 10.4 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.