Wisconsin · Census place 5580075

Tomah, Wisconsin

Tomah is a city in Monroe County, Wisconsin with an estimated 9,574 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 103rd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,574
#103 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-0.0%
-4 people
Land area
7.9 sq mi
+ 0.42 sq mi water
Density
1,217 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Tomah. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Tomah population, 2020 to 2024

Tomah lost 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +31. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 103rd; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Tomah is 76% of it.

9,57820209,49320219,43020229,54320239,5742024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,561. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tomah covers 7.87 square miles of land and 0.42 of water, for 1,217 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Tomah is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tomah is in

All of Tomah's residents live in Monroe County, which had 46,370 residents in 2024. Tomah holds 20.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tomah

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tomah by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54660. 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 Tomah is

The Census internal point of Tomah is at 43.988000, -90.501400. Madison, the capital, is 84.3 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sparta, WI (9,963 people), 15.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Madison, WI, 82.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.988000, -90.501400
DMS
43°59'16.80"N 90°30'5.04"W
UTM
15N 700365.7E 4873575.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MFXFQX+6C

Daylight in Tomah

At 43.99° N, Tomah gets about 15 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tomah

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Sparta, 15.9 miles away, with 9,963 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tomah, WI?

9,574 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 4 (0.0%) from 9,578 in July 2020.

What county is Tomah in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Tomah?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54660.

How far is Tomah from Madison?

84.3 miles (135.7 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Tomah.

What is the nearest larger city to Tomah?

Sparta, WI, with 9,963 residents, 15.8 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.