Wisconsin · Census place 5574225

Sister Bay, Wisconsin

Sister Bay is a village in Door County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,170 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 345th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,170
#345 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
+1.1%
+13 people
Land area
2.7 sq mi
+ 0.99 sq mi water
Density
438 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: Sister Bay. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

Sister Bay population, 2020 to 2024

Sister Bay added 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,148. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sister Bay covers 2.67 square miles of land and 0.99 of water, for 438 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Sister Bay is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sister Bay is in

All of Sister Bay's residents live in Door County, which had 30,512 residents in 2024. Sister Bay holds 3.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sister Bay

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sister Bay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54234. 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 Sister Bay is

The Census internal point of Sister Bay is at 45.187100, -87.129400. Madison, the capital, is 183.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Menominee, MI (8,231 people), 24.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Green Bay, WI, 62.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
45.187100, -87.129400
DMS
45°11'13.56"N 87°07'45.84"W
UTM
16N 489834.5E 5003743.3N
Geohash
f0411643c
Plus code
86QJ5VPC+R6

Daylight in Sister Bay

At 45.19° N, Sister Bay gets about 15 h 39 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sister Bay

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Marinette, 25.5 miles away, with 11,139 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sister Bay, WI?

1,170 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 13 (1.1%) from 1,157 in July 2020.

What county is Sister Bay in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sister Bay?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54234.

How far is Sister Bay from Madison?

183.8 miles (295.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Sister Bay.

What is the nearest larger city to Sister Bay?

Menominee, MI, with 8,231 residents, 24.5 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.