Illinois

Distance from Elgin to Joliet

Straight-line distance

37.2mi

Elgin, IL and Joliet, IL are 37.2 miles (59.9 km) apart in a straight line. From Elgin, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (166°).

kilometers
59.9
nautical miles
32.3
heading from Elgin
166° SSE
heading from Joliet
346° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Elgin is from Joliet

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Elgin and Joliet is 37.2 miles, 59.9 km or 32.3 nautical miles. That is the shortest path over the Earth's surface, computed with the haversine formula on a sphere with the mean Earth radius, 6,371.0 km. A course held on one compass bearing (a rhumb line) would be 37.2 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
37.2
Kilometers
59.9
Nautical miles
32.3
Bearing from Elgin
165.7° SSE
Bearing arriving at Joliet
165.8°
Bearing from Joliet
345.8° NNW

Halfway between Elgin and Joliet

The great-circle midpoint is at 41.777984, -88.236488 (41°46'40.74"N 88°14'11.36"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Aurora, IL, with 180,710 residents, 2.9 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Elgin gets 15 h 15 min of daylight and Joliet 15 h 11 min; on December 21, 9 h 07 min and 9 h 10 min. Elgin is 0.52° farther north, so it has the longer summer days and the shorter winter ones.

Population compared

Joliet has 1.3 times the population of Elgin. From July 2020 to July 2024, Elgin changed by +0.0% and Joliet by +1.0%. Both are in Illinois.

  1. 01Elgin, IL114,701 (+0.0%)
  2. 02Joliet, IL151,837 (+1.0%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Elgin from Joliet?

37.2 miles, 59.9 km or 32.3 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Joliet from Elgin?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Elgin on a bearing of 165.7° and arrives at Joliet on 165.8°. The return trip starts on 345.8°.

What is halfway between Elgin and Joliet?

The midpoint is at 41.777984, -88.236488. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Aurora, IL, 2.9 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Elgin and Joliet?

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference.

Which is bigger, Elgin or Joliet?

Joliet, with 151,837 residents in July 2024 against 114,701 for Elgin, 1.3 times as many.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and Vintage 2024 estimates; time zones from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  2. 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  3. 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  4. 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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