Illinois · Census place 1722931

Elburn, Illinois

Elburn is a village in Kane County, Illinois with an estimated 6,826 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 286th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,826
#286 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+9.9%
+617 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
Density
1,820 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Elburn. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Elburn population, 2020 to 2024

Elburn added 617 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.9%. In the latest year it moved by +240. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 10th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Elburn is 46% of it.

6,20920206,30020216,41420226,58620236,8262024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,184. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Elburn covers 3.75 square miles of land, for 1,820 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Elburn is less dense than the typical town.

What county Elburn is in

All of Elburn's residents live in Kane County, which had 520,997 residents in 2024. Elburn holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elburn

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elburn by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60119. 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 Elburn is

The Census internal point of Elburn is at 41.886000, -88.460900. Springfield, the capital, is 158.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Campton Hills, IL (10,894 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Aurora, IL, 12.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.886000, -88.460900
DMS
41°53'9.60"N 88°27'39.24"W
UTM
16N 378794.6E 4638150.8N
Geohash
dp3n710ex
Plus code
86HHVGPQ+CJ

Daylight in Elburn

At 41.89° N, Elburn gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elburn

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Lily Lake, 5.0 miles away, with 1,059 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Elburn, IL?

6,826 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 617 (9.9%) from 6,209 in July 2020.

What county is Elburn in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Elburn?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60119.

How far is Elburn from Springfield?

158.2 miles (254.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Elburn.

What is the nearest larger city to Elburn?

Campton Hills, IL, with 10,894 residents, 5.0 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.