Illinois · Census place 1714936
Clifton, Illinois
Clifton is a village in Iroquois County, Illinois with an estimated 1,295 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 580th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,295
- #580 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -3.9%
- -52 people
- Land area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Density
- 1,392 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Clifton population, 2020 to 2024
Clifton lost 52 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.9%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Clifton covers 0.93 square miles of land, for 1,392 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Clifton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Clifton is in
All of Clifton's residents live in Iroquois County, which had 26,067 residents in 2024. Clifton holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Clifton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clifton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60927. 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 Clifton is
The Census internal point of Clifton is at 40.934700, -87.934300. Springfield, the capital, is 120.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Herscher, IL (1,493 people), 11.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 41.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.934700, -87.934300
- DMS
- 40°56'4.92"N 87°56'3.48"W
- UTM
- 16N 421345.9E 4531928.4N
- Geohash
- dp32z5bjy
- Plus code
- 86GJW3M8+V7
Daylight in Clifton
At 40.93° N, Clifton gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Clifton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Chebanse, 4.7 miles away, with 1,011 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Clifton, IL?
1,295 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 52 (3.9%) from 1,347 in July 2020.
What county is Clifton in?
Iroquois County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Clifton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60927.
How far is Clifton from Springfield?
120.5 miles (193.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Clifton.
What is the nearest larger city to Clifton?
Herscher, IL, with 1,493 residents, 11.7 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.