Wisconsin · Census place 5529400

Glendale, Wisconsin

Glendale is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin with an estimated 14,381 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 65th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,381
#65 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+7.3%
+984 people
Land area
5.8 sq mi
+ 0.20 sq mi water
Density
2,497 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Glendale. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Glendale population, 2020 to 2024

Glendale added 984 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.3%. In the latest year it moved by +577. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 17th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Glendale is 1.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 13,414. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Glendale covers 5.76 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 2,497 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Glendale is denser than the typical town.

What county Glendale is in

All of Glendale's residents live in Milwaukee County, which had 924,740 residents in 2024. Glendale holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Glendale

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Glendale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53209, 53212, 53217. 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 Glendale is

The Census internal point of Glendale is at 43.126100, -87.927200. Madison, the capital, is 73.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Whitefish Bay, WI (14,532 people), 1.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 4.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.126100, -87.927200
DMS
43°07'33.96"N 87°55'37.92"W
UTM
16N 424580.0E 4775235.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MJ43GF+C4

Daylight in Glendale

At 43.13° N, Glendale gets about 15 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 59 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Glendale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Whitefish Bay, 1.6 miles away, with 14,532 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Glendale, WI?

14,381 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 984 (7.3%) from 13,397 in July 2020.

What county is Glendale in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Glendale?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 53209, 53212, 53217.

How far is Glendale from Madison?

73.6 miles (118.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Glendale.

What is the nearest larger city to Glendale?

Whitefish Bay, WI, with 14,532 residents, 1.6 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.