Illinois · Census place 1704585

Beecher, Illinois

Beecher is a village in Will County, Illinois with an estimated 4,727 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 339th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,727; #339 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020: +0.5%; +23 people
Land area: 2.7 sq mi
Density: 1,725 / sq mi; State median 2,177

Orange pin: Beecher. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Beecher population, 2020 to 2024

Beecher added 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +24.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,714. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Beecher covers 2.74 square miles of land, for 1,725 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Beecher is less dense than the typical town.

What county Beecher is in

All of Beecher's residents live in Will County, which had 708,583 residents in 2024. Beecher holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Beecher

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Beecher by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60401. 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 Beecher is

The Census internal point of Beecher is at 41.350000, -87.617300. Springfield, the capital, is 152.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Crete, IL (8,371 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 29.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.350000, -87.617300
DMS: 41°21'0.00"N 87°37'2.28"W
UTM: 16N 448359.6E 4577795.4N
Geohash: dp3enpx10
Plus code: 86HJ992M+23

Daylight in Beecher

At 41.35° N, Beecher gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Beecher

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Crete, 6.3 miles away, with 8,371 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Beecher, IL?

4,727 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 23 (0.5%) from 4,704 in July 2020.

What county is Beecher in?

Will County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Beecher?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60401.

How far is Beecher from Springfield?

152.1 miles (244.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Beecher.

What is the nearest larger city to Beecher?

Crete, IL, with 8,371 residents, 6.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.