Illinois · Census place 1707744

Bradley, Illinois

Bradley is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois with an estimated 15,298 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 160th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
15,298
#160 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-0.6%
-85 people
Land area
7.3 sq mi
Density
2,104 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Bradley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Bradley population, 2020 to 2024

Bradley lost 85 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -10. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 149th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Bradley is 1.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,420. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bradley covers 7.27 square miles of land, for 2,104 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Bradley is close to the typical town.

What county Bradley is in

All of Bradley's residents live in Kankakee County, which had 106,410 residents in 2024. Bradley holds 14.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bradley

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bradley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60914, 60915. 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 Bradley is

The Census internal point of Bradley is at 41.163700, -87.846500. Springfield, the capital, is 134.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bourbonnais, IL (18,083 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 29.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.163700, -87.846500
DMS
41°09'49.32"N 87°50'47.40"W
UTM
16N 428984.1E 4557274.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HJ5573+FC

Daylight in Bradley

At 41.16° N, Bradley gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bradley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Bourbonnais, 2.1 miles away, with 18,083 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bradley, IL?

15,298 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 85 (0.6%) from 15,383 in July 2020.

What county is Bradley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bradley?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 60914, 60915.

How far is Bradley from Springfield?

134.6 miles (216.6 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Bradley.

What is the nearest larger city to Bradley?

Bourbonnais, IL, with 18,083 residents, 2.1 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.