Illinois · Census place 1713074

Cherry Valley, Illinois

Cherry Valley is a village in 2 counties of Illinois with an estimated 2,888 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 420th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,888
#420 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-4 people
Land area
8.4 sq mi
+ 0.25 sq mi water
Density
344 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Cherry Valley. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Springfield.

Cherry Valley population, 2020 to 2024

Cherry Valley lost 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +17.

2,89220202,88020212,86620222,87120232,8882024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,897. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cherry Valley covers 8.40 square miles of land and 0.25 of water, for 344 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Cherry Valley is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Cherry Valley spans

Cherry Valley crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,888 residents as follows; Winnebago County holds 88.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Winnebago County2,552
  2. 02Boone County336
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Cherry Valley

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cherry Valley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61016, 61108, 61109, 61112. 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 Cherry Valley is

The Census internal point of Cherry Valley is at 42.235200, -88.975100. Springfield, the capital, is 173.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rockford, IL (147,486 people), 4.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.235200, -88.975100
DMS
42°14'6.72"N 88°58'30.36"W
UTM
16N 337027.5E 4677779.3N
Geohash
dp88r2dmc
Plus code
86JH62PF+3X

Daylight in Cherry Valley

At 42.24° N, Cherry Valley gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cherry Valley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Rockford, 4.8 miles away, with 147,486 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cherry Valley, IL?

2,888 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 4 (0.1%) from 2,892 in July 2020.

What county is Cherry Valley in?

It spans 2 counties: Winnebago County (2,552 residents), Boone County (336 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Cherry Valley?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 61016, 61108, 61109, 61112.

How far is Cherry Valley from Springfield?

173.2 miles (278.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Cherry Valley.

What is the nearest larger city to Cherry Valley?

Rockford, IL, with 147,486 residents, 4.8 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.