Illinois · Census place 1708576

Brookfield, Illinois

Brookfield is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 18,885 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 130th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
18,885
#130 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-2.9%
-557 people
Land area
3.1 sq mi
Density
6,172 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Brookfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Brookfield population, 2020 to 2024

Brookfield lost 557 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +103. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 284th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Brookfield is 1.3 times that size.

19.4k202019.1k202118.8k202218.8k202318.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 19,518. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brookfield covers 3.06 square miles of land, for 6,172 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Brookfield is denser than the typical town.

What county Brookfield is in

All of Brookfield's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Brookfield holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brookfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brookfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60513. 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 Brookfield is

The Census internal point of Brookfield is at 41.825100, -87.847500. Springfield, the capital, is 169.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Berwyn, IL (55,152 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 8.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.825100, -87.847500
DMS
41°49'30.36"N 87°50'51.00"W
UTM
16N 429619.9E 4630704.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HJR5G3+22

Daylight in Brookfield

At 41.83° N, Brookfield gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brookfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is La Grange Park, 1.3 miles away, with 13,459 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brookfield, IL?

18,885 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 557 (2.9%) from 19,442 in July 2020.

What county is Brookfield in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Brookfield?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60513.

How far is Brookfield from Springfield?

169.8 miles (273.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Brookfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Brookfield?

Berwyn, IL, with 55,152 residents, 3.2 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.