Illinois · Census place 1705404

Berkeley, Illinois

Berkeley is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 5,155 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 326th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,155
#326 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-3.1%
-165 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
3,682 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Berkeley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Berkeley population, 2020 to 2024

Berkeley lost 165 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +28. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 311th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Berkeley is 35% of it.

5,32020205,21920215,14720225,12720235,1552024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,341. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Berkeley covers 1.40 square miles of land, for 3,682 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Berkeley is denser than the typical town.

What county Berkeley is in

All of Berkeley's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Berkeley holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Berkeley

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Berkeley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60163, 60164. 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 Berkeley is

The Census internal point of Berkeley is at 41.889100, -87.911500. Springfield, the capital, is 171.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hillside, IL (8,031 people), 1.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 12.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.889100, -87.911500
DMS
41°53'20.76"N 87°54'41.40"W
UTM
16N 424380.5E 4637864.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HJV3QQ+JC

Daylight in Berkeley

At 41.89° N, Berkeley gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Berkeley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Hillside, 1.6 miles away, with 8,031 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Berkeley, IL?

5,155 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 165 (3.1%) from 5,320 in July 2020.

What county is Berkeley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Berkeley?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 60163, 60164.

How far is Berkeley from Springfield?

171.7 miles (276.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Berkeley.

What is the nearest larger city to Berkeley?

Hillside, IL, with 8,031 residents, 1.6 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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