Illinois · Census place 1709577

Bunker Hill, Illinois

Bunker Hill is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois with an estimated 1,591 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 524th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,591
#524 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-2.2%
-35 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,243 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Bunker Hill. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Bunker Hill population, 2020 to 2024

Bunker Hill lost 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -9.

1,62620201,61220211,60420221,60020231,5912024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,631. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bunker Hill covers 1.28 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,243 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Bunker Hill is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bunker Hill is in

All of Bunker Hill's residents live in Macoupin County, which had 43,895 residents in 2024. Bunker Hill holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bunker Hill

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bunker Hill by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 62014. 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 Bunker Hill is

The Census internal point of Bunker Hill is at 39.041500, -89.951100. Springfield, the capital, is 53.6 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Staunton, IL (4,935 people), 8.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 32.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.041500, -89.951100
DMS
39°02'29.40"N 89°57'3.96"W
UTM
16N 244584.9E 4325527.2N
Geohash
dnbn15795
Plus code
86FG22RX+HH

Daylight in Bunker Hill

At 39.04° N, Bunker Hill gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bunker Hill

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Benld, 8.7 miles away, with 1,407 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bunker Hill, IL?

1,591 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 35 (2.2%) from 1,626 in July 2020.

What county is Bunker Hill in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Bunker Hill?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62014.

How far is Bunker Hill from Springfield?

53.6 miles (86.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Bunker Hill.

What is the nearest larger city to Bunker Hill?

Staunton, IL, with 4,935 residents, 8.8 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.