Wisconsin · Census place 5553675

Monona, Wisconsin

Monona is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin with an estimated 8,616 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 114th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,616
#114 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-0.6%
-51 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
+ 0.10 sq mi water
Density
2,643 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Monona. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Monona population, 2020 to 2024

Monona lost 51 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +119. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 121st; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Monona is 69% of it.

8,66720208,52020218,39120228,49720238,6162024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,619. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Monona covers 3.26 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 2,643 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Monona is denser than the typical town.

What county Monona is in

All of Monona's residents live in Dane County, which had 588,347 residents in 2024. Monona holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Monona

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Monona by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53713, 53716. 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 Monona is

The Census internal point of Monona is at 43.053900, -89.333500. Madison, the capital, is 2.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is McFarland, WI (9,224 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 5.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.053900, -89.333500
DMS
43°03'14.04"N 89°20'0.60"W
UTM
16N 309962.9E 4769443.0N
Geohash
dp8kzjtr4
Plus code
86MG3M38+HH

Daylight in Monona

At 43.05° N, Monona gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Monona

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is McFarland, 3.5 miles away, with 9,224 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Monona, WI?

8,616 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 51 (0.6%) from 8,667 in July 2020.

What county is Monona in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Monona?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 53713, 53716.

How far is Monona from Madison?

2.9 miles (4.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Monona.

What is the nearest larger city to Monona?

McFarland, WI, with 9,224 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.