Wisconsin · Census place 5517975

Cudahy, Wisconsin

Cudahy is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin with an estimated 17,704 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 50th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
17,704
#50 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-2.6%
-477 people
Land area
4.8 sq mi
Density
3,712 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Cudahy. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Cudahy population, 2020 to 2024

Cudahy lost 477 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +8. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 150th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Cudahy is 1.4 times that size.

18.2k202018.0k202117.8k202217.7k202317.7k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 18,205. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cudahy covers 4.77 square miles of land, for 3,712 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Cudahy is denser than the typical town.

What county Cudahy is in

All of Cudahy's residents live in Milwaukee County, which had 924,740 residents in 2024. Cudahy holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cudahy

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cudahy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53110. 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 Cudahy is

The Census internal point of Cudahy is at 42.946700, -87.864000. Madison, the capital, is 77.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is South Milwaukee, WI (20,233 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 9.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.946700, -87.864000
DMS
42°56'48.12"N 87°51'50.40"W
UTM
16N 429515.7E 4755258.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JJW4WP+M9

Daylight in Cudahy

At 42.95° N, Cudahy 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 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cudahy

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is St. Francis, 1.7 miles away, with 8,951 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cudahy, WI?

17,704 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 477 (2.6%) from 18,181 in July 2020.

What county is Cudahy in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Cudahy?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53110.

How far is Cudahy from Madison?

77.3 miles (124.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Cudahy.

What is the nearest larger city to Cudahy?

South Milwaukee, WI, with 20,233 residents, 2.4 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.