Illinois · Census place 1709531

Bull Valley, Illinois

Bull Valley is a village in McHenry County, Illinois with an estimated 1,136 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 613th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,136
#613 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+0.0%
+0 people
Land area
9.8 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
115 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Bull Valley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Bull Valley population, 2020 to 2024

Bull Valley added 0 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,139. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bull Valley covers 9.84 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 115 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Bull Valley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bull Valley is in

All of Bull Valley's residents live in McHenry County, which had 315,959 residents in 2024. Bull Valley 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 Bull Valley

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Bull Valley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60050, 60098. 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 Bull Valley is

The Census internal point of Bull Valley is at 42.323500, -88.360900. Springfield, the capital, is 188.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is McHenry, IL (28,825 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 19.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.323500, -88.360900
DMS
42°19'24.60"N 88°21'39.24"W
UTM
16N 387865.2E 4686591.8N
Geohash
dp90v2c83
Plus code
86JH8JFQ+CJ

Daylight in Bull Valley

At 42.32° N, Bull Valley gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bull Valley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is McHenry, 3.6 miles away, with 28,825 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bull Valley, IL?

1,136 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 0 (0.0%) from 1,136 in July 2020.

What county is Bull Valley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bull Valley?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 60050, 60098.

How far is Bull Valley from Springfield?

188.1 miles (302.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Bull Valley.

What is the nearest larger city to Bull Valley?

McHenry, IL, with 28,825 residents, 3.7 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.