Wisconsin · Census place 5567320

Rib Mountain, Wisconsin

Rib Mountain is a village in Marathon County, Wisconsin with an estimated 7,275 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 133rd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,275
#133 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-0.4%
-26 people
Land area
24.5 sq mi
+ 1.19 sq mi water
Density
296 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Rib Mountain. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Rib Mountain population, 2020 to 2024

Rib Mountain lost 26 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -2. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 112th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Rib Mountain is 58% of it.

7,30120207,28820217,26220227,27720237,2752024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,309. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rib Mountain covers 24.54 square miles of land and 1.19 of water, for 296 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Rib Mountain is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rib Mountain is in

All of Rib Mountain's residents live in Marathon County, which had 139,091 residents in 2024. Rib Mountain holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rib Mountain

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rib Mountain by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54401. 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 Rib Mountain is

The Census internal point of Rib Mountain is at 44.897200, -89.683900. Madison, the capital, is 126.8 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wausau, WI (40,262 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 87.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.897200, -89.683900
DMS
44°53'49.92"N 89°41'2.04"W
UTM
16N 288089.3E 4975035.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86PGV8W8+VC

Daylight in Rib Mountain

At 44.90° N, Rib Mountain gets about 15 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 47 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rib Mountain

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Schofield, 3.2 miles away, with 2,291 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rib Mountain, WI?

7,275 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 26 (0.4%) from 7,301 in July 2020.

What county is Rib Mountain in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rib Mountain?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54401.

How far is Rib Mountain from Madison?

126.8 miles (204.0 km) in a straight line, heading S from Rib Mountain.

What is the nearest larger city to Rib Mountain?

Wausau, WI, with 40,262 residents, 4.8 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.