Arlington Heights, Illinois

Arlington Heights population, 2020 to 2024

Arlington Heights lost 1,803 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +530. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 239th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Arlington Heights is 5.1 times that size.

Arlington Heights covers 16.61 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 4,551 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Arlington Heights is denser than the typical town.

What county Arlington Heights is in

All of Arlington Heights's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Arlington Heights holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Arlington Heights

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Arlington Heights by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60004, 60005. 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 Arlington Heights is

The Census internal point of Arlington Heights is at 42.097400, -87.981700. Springfield, the capital, is 182.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Schaumburg, IL (77,099 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 18.1 miles away.

Daylight in Arlington Heights

At 42.10° N, Arlington Heights gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Arlington Heights

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Rolling Meadows, 2.7 miles away, with 23,732 people.