Elgin, Illinois

Elgin population, 2020 to 2024

Elgin added 56 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +779. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 109th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Elgin is 7.8 times that size.

Elgin covers 38.17 square miles of land and 0.57 of water, for 3,005 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Elgin is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Elgin spans

Elgin crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 114,701 residents as follows; Kane County holds 78.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elgin

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Elgin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 60120, 60123, 60124. 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 Elgin is

The Census internal point of Elgin is at 42.039000, -88.325700. Springfield, the capital, is 170.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Aurora, IL (180,710 people), 19.1 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 249 m (817 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Elgin

At 42.04° N, Elgin gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Elgin daylight page.

Places near Elgin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is South Elgin, 3.4 miles away, with 24,921 people.