Illinois · Census place 1705573

Berwyn, Illinois

Berwyn is a city in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 55,152 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 24th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
55,152
#24 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-3.2%
-1,844 people
Land area
3.9 sq mi
Density
14,142 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Berwyn. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Berwyn population, 2020 to 2024

Berwyn lost 1,844 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.2%. In the latest year it moved by +295. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 320th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Berwyn is 3.7 times that size.

57.0k202055.9k202155.1k202254.9k202355.2k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 57,233. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Berwyn covers 3.90 square miles of land, for 14,142 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Berwyn is denser than the typical town.

What county Berwyn is in

All of Berwyn's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Berwyn holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Berwyn

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Berwyn by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 60402. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Berwyn is

The Census internal point of Berwyn is at 41.843300, -87.790900. Springfield, the capital, is 172.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cicero, IL (82,090 people), 1.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 5.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.843300, -87.790900
DMS
41°50'35.88"N 87°47'27.24"W
UTM
16N 434338.9E 4632680.6N
Geohash
dp3w432dg
Plus code
86HJR6V5+8J

Daylight in Berwyn

At 41.84° N, Berwyn 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 Berwyn

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Riverside, 1.5 miles away, with 8,964 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Berwyn, IL?

55,152 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1,844 (3.2%) from 56,996 in July 2020.

What county is Berwyn in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Berwyn?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60402.

How far is Berwyn from Springfield?

172.5 miles (277.6 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Berwyn.

What is the nearest larger city to Berwyn?

Cicero, IL, with 82,090 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.