Wisconsin · Census place 5570650

St. Francis, Wisconsin

St. Francis is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin with an estimated 8,951 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 110th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,951
#110 of 370 in Wisconsin
Change since 2020
-2.2%
-197 people
Land area
2.6 sq mi
Density
3,496 / sq mi
State median 1,583
Orange pin: St. Francis. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Madison.

St. Francis population, 2020 to 2024

St. Francis lost 197 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +14. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 144th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so St. Francis is 71% of it.

9,14820209,04520218,99420228,93720238,9512024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,158. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

St. Francis covers 2.56 square miles of land, for 3,496 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so St. Francis is denser than the typical town.

What county St. Francis is in

All of St. Francis's residents live in Milwaukee County, which had 924,740 residents in 2024. St. Francis holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in St. Francis

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps St. Francis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53235. 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 St. Francis is

The Census internal point of St. Francis is at 42.971000, -87.871700. Madison, the capital, is 76.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cudahy, WI (17,704 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 8.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.971000, -87.871700
DMS
42°58'15.60"N 87°52'18.12"W
UTM
16N 428915.6E 4757963.0N
Geohash
dp9s2qtu0
Plus code
86JJX4CH+C8

Daylight in St. Francis

At 42.97° N, St. Francis 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 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near St. Francis

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Cudahy, 1.7 miles away, with 17,704 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of St. Francis, WI?

8,951 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 197 (2.2%) from 9,148 in July 2020.

What county is St. Francis in?

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

What ZIP codes cover St. Francis?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 53235.

How far is St. Francis from Madison?

76.7 miles (123.5 km) in a straight line, heading W from St. Francis.

What is the nearest larger city to St. Francis?

Cudahy, WI, with 17,704 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.