Wisconsin · Census place 5528875
Germantown, Wisconsin
Germantown is a village in Washington County, Wisconsin with an estimated 21,032 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 40th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 21,032
- #40 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +0.6%
- +119 people
- Land area
- 34.4 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 612 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Germantown population, 2020 to 2024
Germantown added 119 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +33. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 85th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Germantown is 1.7 times that size.
Germantown covers 34.38 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 612 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Germantown is less dense than the typical town.
What county Germantown is in
All of Germantown's residents live in Washington County, which had 138,727 residents in 2024. Germantown holds 15.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Germantown
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Germantown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53022, 53076. 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 Germantown is
The Census internal point of Germantown is at 43.234500, -88.125000. Madison, the capital, is 64.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Menomonee Falls, WI (40,700 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 14.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.234500, -88.125000
- DMS
- 43°14'4.20"N 88°07'30.00"W
- UTM
- 16N 408652.2E 4787470.5N
- Geohash
- dp9mfwt74
- Plus code
- 86MH6VMG+R2
Daylight in Germantown
At 43.23° N, Germantown gets about 15 h 24 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Germantown
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Menomonee Falls, 5.2 miles away, with 40,700 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Germantown, WI?
21,032 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 119 (0.6%) from 20,913 in July 2020.
What county is Germantown in?
Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Germantown?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 53022, 53076.
How far is Germantown from Madison?
64.4 miles (103.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Germantown.
What is the nearest larger city to Germantown?
Menomonee Falls, WI, with 40,700 residents, 5.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.