South Milwaukee, Wisconsin

South Milwaukee population, 2020 to 2024

South Milwaukee lost 539 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -5. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 149th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so South Milwaukee is 1.6 times that size.

South Milwaukee covers 4.83 square miles of land, for 4,189 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so South Milwaukee is denser than the typical town.

What county South Milwaukee is in

All of South Milwaukee's residents live in Milwaukee County, which had 924,740 residents in 2024. South Milwaukee holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in South Milwaukee

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps South Milwaukee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53172. 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 South Milwaukee is

The Census internal point of South Milwaukee is at 42.912600, -87.862300. Madison, the capital, is 77.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oak Creek, WI (38,373 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 11.7 miles away.

Daylight in South Milwaukee

At 42.91° N, South Milwaukee gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 20 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near South Milwaukee

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Cudahy, 2.4 miles away, with 17,704 people.