Wisconsin · Census place 5576625

Stanley, Wisconsin

Stanley is a city in Chippewa County, Wisconsin with an estimated 3,778 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 182nd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,778
#182 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-33 people
Land area
4.3 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
881 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Stanley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Stanley population, 2020 to 2024

Stanley lost 33 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

3,81120203,66320213,74320223,78520233,7782024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,815. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Stanley covers 4.29 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 881 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Stanley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Stanley is in

All of Stanley's residents live in Chippewa County, which had 67,323 residents in 2024. Stanley holds 5.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Stanley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Stanley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54768. 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 Stanley is

The Census internal point of Stanley is at 44.959400, -90.943700. Madison, the capital, is 151.5 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chippewa Falls, WI (15,075 people), 21.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 99.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.959400, -90.943700
DMS
44°57'33.84"N 90°56'37.32"W
UTM
15N 662182.4E 4980497.1N
Geohash
9zzrf88g6
Plus code
86PFX354+QG

Daylight in Stanley

At 44.96° N, Stanley gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Stanley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Thorp, 6.9 miles away, with 1,769 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Stanley, WI?

3,778 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 33 (0.9%) from 3,811 in July 2020.

What county is Stanley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Stanley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54768.

How far is Stanley from Madison?

151.5 miles (243.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Stanley.

What is the nearest larger city to Stanley?

Chippewa Falls, WI, with 15,075 residents, 21.9 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.