Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Rhinelander population, 2020 to 2024

Rhinelander lost 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +10. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 104th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Rhinelander is 66% of it.

Rhinelander covers 9.11 square miles of land and 0.26 of water, for 910 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Rhinelander is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rhinelander is in

All of Rhinelander's residents live in Oneida County, which had 38,175 residents in 2024. Rhinelander holds 21.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rhinelander

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rhinelander by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54501. 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 Rhinelander is

The Census internal point of Rhinelander is at 45.634300, -89.429900. Madison, the capital, is 176.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Merrill, WI (9,445 people), 34.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 104.3 miles away.

Daylight in Rhinelander

At 45.63° N, Rhinelander gets about 15 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rhinelander

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Tomahawk, 17.4 miles away, with 3,390 people.