Wisconsin · Census place 5523575

Elm Grove, Wisconsin

Elm Grove is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin with an estimated 6,416 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 138th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,416
#138 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-2.2%
-146 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,968 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Elm Grove. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Elm Grove population, 2020 to 2024

Elm Grove lost 146 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +8. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 145th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Elm Grove is 51% of it.

6,56220206,53620216,39020226,40820236,4162024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,518. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Elm Grove covers 3.26 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,968 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Elm Grove is denser than the typical town.

What county Elm Grove is in

All of Elm Grove's residents live in Waukesha County, which had 417,029 residents in 2024. Elm Grove holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elm Grove

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elm Grove by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53122. 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 Elm Grove is

The Census internal point of Elm Grove is at 43.047500, -88.087000. Madison, the capital, is 65.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brookfield, WI (41,268 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 6.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.047500, -88.087000
DMS
43°02'51.00"N 88°05'13.20"W
UTM
16N 411468.3E 4766662.9N
Geohash
dp9kgs91b
Plus code
86MH2WX7+26

Daylight in Elm Grove

At 43.05° N, Elm Grove gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elm Grove

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Brookfield, 1.9 miles away, with 41,268 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Elm Grove, WI?

6,416 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 146 (2.2%) from 6,562 in July 2020.

What county is Elm Grove in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Elm Grove?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53122.

How far is Elm Grove from Madison?

65.5 miles (105.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Elm Grove.

What is the nearest larger city to Elm Grove?

Brookfield, WI, with 41,268 residents, 1.9 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.