Wisconsin · Census place 5573725

Shorewood, Wisconsin

Shorewood is a village in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin with an estimated 13,521 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 70th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
13,521
#70 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-2.3%
-312 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
8,504 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Shorewood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Shorewood population, 2020 to 2024

Shorewood lost 312 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -9. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 146th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so Shorewood is 1.1 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 13,854. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Shorewood covers 1.59 square miles of land, for 8,504 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Shorewood is denser than the typical town.

What county Shorewood is in

All of Shorewood's residents live in Milwaukee County, which had 924,740 residents in 2024. Shorewood holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Shorewood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shorewood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 53211. 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 Shorewood is

The Census internal point of Shorewood is at 43.091300, -87.886700. Madison, the capital, is 75.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Whitefish Bay, WI (14,532 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 4.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.091300, -87.886700
DMS
43°05'28.68"N 87°53'12.12"W
UTM
16N 427833.4E 4771335.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86MJ34R7+G8

Daylight in Shorewood

At 43.09° N, Shorewood 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 Shorewood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Whitefish Bay, 1.7 miles away, with 14,532 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Shorewood, WI?

13,521 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 312 (2.3%) from 13,833 in July 2020.

What county is Shorewood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Shorewood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53211.

How far is Shorewood from Madison?

75.6 miles (121.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Shorewood.

What is the nearest larger city to Shorewood?

Whitefish Bay, WI, with 14,532 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.

  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.