Braidwood, Illinois

Braidwood population, 2020 to 2024

Braidwood added 57 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +43. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 71st; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Braidwood is 42% of it.

Braidwood covers 5.30 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 1,178 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Braidwood is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Braidwood spans

Braidwood crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 6,245 residents as follows; Will County holds 99.9% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Braidwood

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Braidwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 60407, 60408, 60481. 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 Braidwood is

The Census internal point of Braidwood is at 41.270200, -88.223400. Springfield, the capital, is 127.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Channahon, IL (14,392 people), 10.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 17.5 miles away.

Daylight in Braidwood

At 41.27° N, Braidwood gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Braidwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Diamond, 1.8 miles away, with 2,702 people.