Wisconsin · Census place 5551150

Mequon, Wisconsin

Mequon is a city in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin with an estimated 25,329 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 34th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
25,329
#34 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+193 people
Land area
46.3 sq mi
+ 0.67 sq mi water
Density
547 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Mequon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Mequon population, 2020 to 2024

Mequon added 193 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -5. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 79th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Mequon is 2.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 25,147. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mequon covers 46.28 square miles of land and 0.67 of water, for 547 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Mequon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mequon is in

All of Mequon's residents live in Ozaukee County, which had 93,956 residents in 2024. Mequon holds 27.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mequon

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Mequon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53092, 53097. 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 Mequon is

The Census internal point of Mequon is at 43.211400, -88.014200. Madison, the capital, is 69.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Menomonee Falls, WI (40,700 people), 6.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 10.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.211400, -88.014200
DMS
43°12'41.04"N 88°00'51.12"W
UTM
16N 417617.9E 4784790.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MH6X6P+H8

Daylight in Mequon

At 43.21° N, Mequon 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 25 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mequon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Thiensville, 2.5 miles away, with 3,299 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mequon, WI?

25,329 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 193 (0.8%) from 25,136 in July 2020.

What county is Mequon in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Mequon?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 53092, 53097.

How far is Mequon from Madison?

69.7 miles (112.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Mequon.

What is the nearest larger city to Mequon?

Menomonee Falls, WI, with 40,700 residents, 6.5 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.