Wisconsin · Census place 5568325
River Hills, Wisconsin
River Hills is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,541 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 302nd largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,541
- #302 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- -3.3%
- -53 people
- Land area
- 5.2 sq mi
- + 0.18 sq mi water
- Density
- 299 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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River Hills population, 2020 to 2024
River Hills lost 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
River Hills covers 5.16 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 299 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so River Hills is less dense than the typical town.
What county River Hills is in
All of River Hills's residents live in Milwaukee County, which had 924,740 residents in 2024. River Hills holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in River Hills
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps River Hills by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53217. 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 River Hills is
The Census internal point of River Hills is at 43.173500, -87.933800. Madison, the capital, is 73.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bayside, WI (4,338 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 7.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.173500, -87.933800
- DMS
- 43°10'24.60"N 87°56'1.68"W
- UTM
- 16N 424101.8E 4780505.2N
- Geohash
- dp9mx52xc
- Plus code
- 86MJ53F8+CF
Daylight in River Hills
At 43.17° N, River Hills 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 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near River Hills
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Bayside, 1.7 miles away, with 4,338 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of River Hills, WI?
1,541 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 53 (3.3%) from 1,594 in July 2020.
What county is River Hills in?
Milwaukee County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover River Hills?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53217.
How far is River Hills from Madison?
73.4 miles (118.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from River Hills.
What is the nearest larger city to River Hills?
Bayside, WI, with 4,338 residents, 1.7 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.