Wisconsin · Census place 5562240

Pewaukee city, Wisconsin

Pewaukee is a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin with an estimated 16,437 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 56th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
16,437
#56 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+3.1%
+497 people
Land area
19.5 sq mi
+ 1.73 sq mi water
Density
841 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Pewaukee. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Pewaukee population, 2020 to 2024

Pewaukee added 497 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +139. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 45th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Pewaukee is 1.3 times that size.

15.9k202016.1k202116.2k202216.3k202316.4k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,929. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pewaukee covers 19.54 square miles of land and 1.73 of water, for 841 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Pewaukee is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pewaukee is in

All of Pewaukee's residents live in Waukesha County, which had 417,029 residents in 2024. Pewaukee holds 3.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pewaukee

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Pewaukee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53072, 53186, 53188. 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 Pewaukee is

The Census internal point of Pewaukee is at 43.066100, -88.244500. Madison, the capital, is 57.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waukesha, WI (71,461 people), 3.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 14.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.066100, -88.244500
DMS
43°03'57.96"N 88°14'40.20"W
UTM
16N 398671.1E 4768906.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MH3Q84+C5

Daylight in Pewaukee

At 43.07° N, Pewaukee 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 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pewaukee

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Pewaukee, 1.6 miles away, with 8,230 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pewaukee, WI?

16,437 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 497 (3.1%) from 15,940 in July 2020.

What county is Pewaukee in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pewaukee?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 53072, 53186, 53188.

How far is Pewaukee from Madison?

57.5 miles (92.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Pewaukee.

What is the nearest larger city to Pewaukee?

Waukesha, WI, with 71,461 residents, 3.9 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.