Tomahawk, Wisconsin

Tomahawk population, 2020 to 2024

Tomahawk lost 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -23.

Tomahawk covers 7.86 square miles of land and 1.60 of water, for 431 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Tomahawk is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tomahawk is in

All of Tomahawk's residents live in Lincoln County, which had 28,461 residents in 2024. Tomahawk holds 11.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tomahawk

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tomahawk by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 54487. 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 Tomahawk is

The Census internal point of Tomahawk is at 45.479000, -89.711800. Madison, the capital, is 166.9 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rhinelander, WI (8,286 people), 17.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 107.1 miles away.

Daylight in Tomahawk

At 45.48° N, Tomahawk gets about 15 h 41 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tomahawk

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Rhinelander, 17.4 miles away, with 8,286 people.