West Allis, Wisconsin

West Allis population, 2020 to 2024

West Allis lost 475 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +442. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 125th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so West Allis is 4.8 times that size.

West Allis covers 11.38 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 5,253 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so West Allis is denser than the typical town.

What county West Allis is in

All of West Allis's residents live in Milwaukee County, which had 924,740 residents in 2024. West Allis holds 6.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Allis

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap West Allis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53214, 53219, 53227. 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 West Allis is

The Census internal point of West Allis is at 43.007200, -88.029000. Madison, the capital, is 68.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Milwaukee, WI (563,531 people), 5.0 miles away.

Daylight in West Allis

At 43.01° N, West Allis 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 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Allis

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is West Milwaukee, 3.0 miles away, with 3,997 people.