Wisconsin · Census place 5507200

Big Bend, Wisconsin

Big Bend is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,502 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 306th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,502
#306 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+0.6%
+9 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
462 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Big Bend. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Big Bend population, 2020 to 2024

Big Bend added 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

1,49320201,49420211,48520221,49320231,5022024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,491. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Big Bend covers 3.25 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 462 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Big Bend is less dense than the typical town.

What county Big Bend is in

All of Big Bend's residents live in Waukesha County, which had 417,029 residents in 2024. Big Bend holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Big Bend

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Big Bend by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53103, 53189. 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 Big Bend is

The Census internal point of Big Bend is at 42.883900, -88.203600. Madison, the capital, is 61.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Vernon, WI (7,505 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 17.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.883900, -88.203600
DMS
42°53'2.04"N 88°12'12.96"W
UTM
16N 401711.5E 4748624.8N
Geohash
dp97byu0g
Plus code
86JHVQMW+HH

Daylight in Big Bend

At 42.88° N, Big Bend gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Big Bend

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Vernon, 3.2 miles away, with 7,505 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Big Bend, WI?

1,502 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 9 (0.6%) from 1,493 in July 2020.

What county is Big Bend in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Big Bend?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 53103, 53189.

How far is Big Bend from Madison?

61.1 miles (98.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Big Bend.

What is the nearest larger city to Big Bend?

Vernon, WI, with 7,505 residents, 3.2 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.