Every ZIP code in the United States, with weather, radar, trivia and the numbers behind it. Five digits since 1963!

ZIP stands for Zone Improvement Plan. The codes went live on July 1, 1963.The lowest ZIP code is 00501 — the IRS in Holtsville, New York.The highest ZIP code is 99950, in Ketchikan, Alaska.Type 07734 into a calculator and turn it upside down: hELLO. It is Keansburg, New Jersey.12345 belongs to one company: General Electric in Schenectady, New York.The first digit is a region: 0 is New England and New Jersey, 9 is the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.Mr. ZIP, the cartoon mailman, was the mascot that sold the idea to America.ZIP+4 arrived in 1983 and can narrow a ZIP down to one side of one block.A ZIP code is a mail route, not a place: plenty of them cross county and even state lines.Play ZIP Hunt: guess the secret ZIP code of the day in six tries.
zipcodes.pro — CITY/WI/WAUWATOSA

Wauwatosa ZIP codes, Wisconsin

No ZIP code is named for Wauwatosa, WI; addresses there use a neighbouring town's name. 6 ZIP codes cover it: 53213, 53222, 53208, 53225, 53210 and 53226. Its area codes are 414 and 262.

USPS city name
0 ZIP codes
Overlapping the city
6 more
Population
48,529
Area codes
414, 262

NANPA lists no telephone rate centre for Wauwatosa itself, so these are the area codes of the nearest one, Milwaukee (0.0 miles). A town on an area-code boundary can differ from its neighbour.

Wauwatosa in numbers

About 48,529 people live in Wauwatosa, in 22,239 households, the 14th-largest of Wisconsin's 805 census places. The median household income is $101,138 a year, 31% above the Wisconsin median of $77,485 (US: $80,734). The median owner-occupied home is valued at $339,000 (27% above the Wisconsin median), and median gross rent is $1,438 a month. The median age is 38.4; 64.0% of adults 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher (33.4% across Wisconsin); the average commute takes 20 minutes.

Population48,529Wauwatosa48,529
Households22,239Wauwatosa22,239
Median age38.4Wauwatosa38.4Wisconsin40.2US 38.9
Median household income$101,138Wauwatosa$101,138Wisconsin$77,485US $80,734
Median home value$339,000Wauwatosa$339,000Wisconsin$266,500US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,438Wauwatosa$1,438Wisconsin$1,087US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher64.0%Wauwatosa64.0%Wisconsin33.4%US 35.7%
Mean commute19.5 minWauwatosa19.5 minWisconsin22.2 minUS 26.4 min
Population density3,669 / sq miWauwatosa3,669 / sq mi

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, for the census place Wauwatosa city. Survey estimates carry margins of error, wider for small places. Sources and methods.

ZIP codes covering Wauwatosa

These ZIP codes cover part of Wauwatosa but are addressed as somewhere else.

ZIP codes overlapping Wauwatosa
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
53208 Milwaukee , WI Standard 27,201 $52,690 $204,500
53210 Milwaukee , WI Standard 23,922 $48,217 $174,400
53213 Milwaukee , WI Standard 26,905 $101,688 $340,100
53222 Milwaukee , WI Standard 24,663 $76,980 $216,600
53225 Milwaukee , WI Standard 25,187 $56,545 $188,400
53226 Milwaukee , WI Standard 18,908 $93,132 $335,600

Map of Wauwatosa ZIP codes

532085321053213532225322553226

The ZIP codes of Wauwatosa, WI, shaded. Outlines are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (2020), which approximate the mail routes; PO-box and single-address codes have no area and are not drawn. Click any area to open its ZIP code.

Towns near Wauwatosa

The nearest larger towns are Milwaukee (566,973 people, 3.5 mi), West Allis (59,612 people, 3.9 mi) and Waukesha (71,233 people, 11 mi).

Towns near Wauwatosa
TownPopulationDistance
Elm Grove 6,459 2.8 mi
Milwaukee 566,973 3.5 mi
West Allis 59,612 3.9 mi
Brookfield 41,273 4.2 mi
West Milwaukee 4,038 4.8 mi
Glendale 13,656 7.0 mi
Greenfield 37,345 7.2 mi
Whitefish Bay 14,665 7.6 mi
Shorewood 13,627 7.8 mi
New Berlin 40,270 7.9 mi
Menomonee Falls 39,539 7.9 mi
Brown Deer 12,564 8.3 mi
Hales Corners 7,689 8.5 mi
Greendale 14,594 8.7 mi

More nearby: every ZIP code in Milwaukee County · Wisconsin ZIP codes

Cite this page

zipcodes.pro. “Wauwatosa, WI ZIP codes.” Data release 2026-10-12. Retrieved 2026-10-20. https://zipcodes.pro/city/wi/wauwatosa

Underlying data is public domain or openly licensed — sources, vintages and licences.