West Bend, Wisconsin

West Bend population, 2020 to 2024

West Bend added 404 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -77. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 68th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so West Bend is 2.6 times that size.

West Bend covers 15.57 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 2,065 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so West Bend is denser than the typical town.

What county West Bend is in

All of West Bend's residents live in Washington County, which had 138,727 residents in 2024. West Bend holds 23.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Bend

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap West Bend by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 53090, 53095. 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 Bend is

The Census internal point of West Bend is at 43.417500, -88.181700. Madison, the capital, is 65.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Menomonee Falls, WI (40,700 people), 18.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Milwaukee, WI, 26.8 miles away.

Daylight in West Bend

At 43.42° N, West Bend gets about 15 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Bend

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Newburg, 6.8 miles away, with 1,131 people.