Illinois · Census place 1709798
Burnham, Illinois
Burnham is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 3,916 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 374th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,916
- #374 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -2.8%
- -114 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- + 0.09 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,105 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Burnham population, 2020 to 2024
Burnham lost 114 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +21.
Burnham covers 1.86 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 2,105 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Burnham is close to the typical town.
What county Burnham is in
All of Burnham's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Burnham holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Burnham
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Burnham by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60633. 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 Burnham is
The Census internal point of Burnham is at 41.639500, -87.545000. Springfield, the capital, is 169.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dolton, IL (20,697 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 15.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.639500, -87.545000
- DMS
- 41°38'22.20"N 87°32'42.00"W
- UTM
- 16N 454610.5E 4609895.0N
- Geohash
- dp3szu5xt
- Plus code
- 86HJJFQ3+RX
Daylight in Burnham
At 41.64° N, Burnham gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Burnham
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Dolton, 2.7 miles away, with 20,697 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Burnham, IL?
3,916 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 114 (2.8%) from 4,030 in July 2020.
What county is Burnham in?
Cook County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Burnham?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60633.
How far is Burnham from Springfield?
169.2 miles (272.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Burnham.
What is the nearest larger city to Burnham?
Dolton, IL, with 20,697 residents, 2.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.