River Falls, Wisconsin

River Falls population, 2020 to 2024

River Falls added 1,487 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.1%. In the latest year it moved by +509. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 13th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so River Falls is 1.4 times that size.

River Falls covers 7.43 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 2,396 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so River Falls is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties River Falls spans

River Falls crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 17,802 residents as follows; Pierce County holds 71.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in River Falls

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps River Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54022. 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 River Falls is

The Census internal point of River Falls is at 44.860900, -92.625700. Madison, the capital, is 203.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hastings, MN (22,502 people), 14.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 24.2 miles away.

Daylight in River Falls

At 44.86° N, River Falls 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 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near River Falls

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Roberts, 8.6 miles away, with 2,476 people.