West Salem, Wisconsin

West Salem population, 2020 to 2024

West Salem lost 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -2. Among 157 Wisconsin places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 117th; the median place changed by +0.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Wisconsin has 12,527 people, so West Salem is 42% of it.

West Salem covers 3.35 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,584 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so West Salem is close to the typical town.

What county West Salem is in

All of West Salem's residents live in La Crosse County, which had 121,060 residents in 2024. West Salem holds 4.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Salem

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West Salem by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54669. 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 West Salem is

The Census internal point of West Salem is at 43.898500, -91.087500. Madison, the capital, is 102.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Onalaska, WI (19,898 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 69.7 miles away.

Daylight in West Salem

At 43.90° N, West Salem gets about 15 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 54 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Salem

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Bangor, 4.7 miles away, with 1,573 people.