Illinois · Census place 1721358

Dwight, Illinois

Dwight is a village in 2 counties of Illinois with an estimated 4,032 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 370th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,032
#370 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+6 people
Land area
3.9 sq mi
Density
1,045 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Dwight. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Dwight population, 2020 to 2024

Dwight added 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +6.

4,02620204,02320213,99620224,02620234,0322024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,026. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Dwight covers 3.86 square miles of land, for 1,045 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Dwight is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Dwight spans

Dwight crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 4,032 residents as follows; Livingston County holds 99.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Livingston County4,018
  2. 02Grundy County14
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Dwight

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dwight by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60420. 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 Dwight is

The Census internal point of Dwight is at 41.098700, -88.422100. Springfield, the capital, is 111.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Coal City, IL (5,810 people), 14.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 32.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.098700, -88.422100
DMS
41°05'55.32"N 88°25'19.56"W
UTM
16N 380576.1E 4550688.2N
Geohash
dp31gcucr
Plus code
86HH3HXH+F5

Daylight in Dwight

At 41.10° N, Dwight gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dwight

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Gardner, 8.8 miles away, with 1,366 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Dwight, IL?

4,032 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6 (0.1%) from 4,026 in July 2020.

What county is Dwight in?

It spans 2 counties: Livingston County (4,018 residents), Grundy County (14 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Dwight?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60420.

How far is Dwight from Springfield?

111.6 miles (179.6 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Dwight.

What is the nearest larger city to Dwight?

Coal City, IL, with 5,810 residents, 14.5 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.