Wisconsin · Census place 5581075

Turtle Lake, Wisconsin

Turtle Lake is a village in 2 counties of Wisconsin with an estimated 1,036 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 368th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,036
#368 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-0.3%
-3 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
+ 0.14 sq mi water
Density
360 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Turtle Lake. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Madison.

Turtle Lake population, 2020 to 2024

Turtle Lake lost 3 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by -9.

1,03920201,03920211,04420221,04520231,0362024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,040. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Turtle Lake covers 2.88 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 360 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Turtle Lake is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Turtle Lake spans

Turtle Lake crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,036 residents as follows; Barron County holds 92.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Barron County959
  2. 02Polk County77
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Turtle Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Turtle Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54889. 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 Turtle Lake is

The Census internal point of Turtle Lake is at 45.390600, -92.149800. Madison, the capital, is 210.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clear Lake, WI (1,103 people), 11.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 55.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.390600, -92.149800
DMS
45°23'26.16"N 92°08'59.28"W
UTM
15N 566551.9E 5026694.1N
Geohash
cbn6pp4e6
Plus code
86Q99VR2+63

Daylight in Turtle Lake

At 45.39° N, Turtle Lake gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Turtle Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Clear Lake, 11.4 miles away, with 1,103 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Turtle Lake, WI?

1,036 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 3 (0.3%) from 1,039 in July 2020.

What county is Turtle Lake in?

It spans 2 counties: Barron County (959 residents), Polk County (77 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Turtle Lake?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54889.

How far is Turtle Lake from Madison?

210.6 miles (338.9 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Turtle Lake.

What is the nearest larger city to Turtle Lake?

Clear Lake, WI, with 1,103 residents, 11.4 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.