Wisconsin · Census place 5571163

Salem Lakes, Wisconsin

Salem Lakes is a village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin with an estimated 14,302 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 66th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,302
#66 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-287 people
Land area
30.4 sq mi
+ 2.81 sq mi water
Density
471 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Salem Lakes. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Salem Lakes population, 2020 to 2024

Salem Lakes lost 287 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +60. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 143rd; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Salem Lakes is 1.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 14,602. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Salem Lakes covers 30.36 square miles of land and 2.81 of water, for 471 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Salem Lakes is less dense than the typical town.

What county Salem Lakes is in

All of Salem Lakes's residents live in Kenosha County, which had 168,754 residents in 2024. Salem Lakes holds 8.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Salem Lakes

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Salem Lakes by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53168, 53170, 53179, 53192. 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 Salem Lakes is

The Census internal point of Salem Lakes is at 42.536500, -88.133200. Madison, the capital, is 73.5 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Antioch, IL (15,108 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 35.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.536500, -88.133200
DMS
42°32'11.40"N 88°07'59.52"W
UTM
16N 406943.0E 4709968.2N
Geohash
dp93frx35
Plus code
86JHGVP8+JP

Daylight in Salem Lakes

At 42.54° N, Salem Lakes gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Salem Lakes

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Paddock Lake, 2.7 miles away, with 2,949 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Salem Lakes, WI?

14,302 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 287 (2.0%) from 14,589 in July 2020.

What county is Salem Lakes in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Salem Lakes?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 53168, 53170, 53179, 53192.

How far is Salem Lakes from Madison?

73.5 miles (118.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Salem Lakes.

What is the nearest larger city to Salem Lakes?

Antioch, IL, with 15,108 residents, 5.3 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.