Illinois · Census place 1719226

Delavan, Illinois

Delavan is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois with an estimated 1,545 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 528th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,545
#528 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.8%
-29 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
1,073 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Delavan. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Delavan population, 2020 to 2024

Delavan lost 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,577. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Delavan covers 1.44 square miles of land, for 1,073 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Delavan is less dense than the typical town.

What county Delavan is in

All of Delavan's residents live in Tazewell County, which had 129,821 residents in 2024. Delavan holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Delavan

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Delavan by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61734. 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 Delavan is

The Census internal point of Delavan is at 40.371000, -89.546100. Springfield, the capital, is 41.1 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tremont, IL (2,247 people), 11.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 26.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.371000, -89.546100
DMS
40°22'15.60"N 89°32'45.96"W
UTM
16N 283834.8E 4472048.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GG9FC3+CH

Daylight in Delavan

At 40.37° N, Delavan gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Delavan

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Tremont, 11.1 miles away, with 2,247 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Delavan, IL?

1,545 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 29 (1.8%) from 1,574 in July 2020.

What county is Delavan in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Delavan?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61734.

How far is Delavan from Springfield?

41.1 miles (66.2 km) in a straight line, heading S from Delavan.

What is the nearest larger city to Delavan?

Tremont, IL, with 2,247 residents, 11.1 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.