Illinois · Census place 1723698

Elmwood, Illinois

Elmwood is a city in Peoria County, Illinois with an estimated 2,041 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 473rd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,041
#473 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.4%
-29 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
1,458 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Elmwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Elmwood population, 2020 to 2024

Elmwood lost 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +7.

2,07020202,04920212,03520222,03420232,0412024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,075. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Elmwood covers 1.40 square miles of land, for 1,458 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Elmwood is less dense than the typical town.

What county Elmwood is in

All of Elmwood's residents live in Peoria County, which had 179,630 residents in 2024. Elmwood holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elmwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elmwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61529. 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 Elmwood is

The Census internal point of Elmwood is at 40.780400, -89.966100. Springfield, the capital, is 71.0 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Farmington, IL (2,295 people), 6.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 18.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.780400, -89.966100
DMS
40°46'49.44"N 89°57'57.96"W
UTM
16N 249703.7E 4518613.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GGQ2JM+5H

Daylight in Elmwood

At 40.78° N, Elmwood gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elmwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Farmington, 6.1 miles away, with 2,295 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Elmwood, IL?

2,041 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 29 (1.4%) from 2,070 in July 2020.

What county is Elmwood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Elmwood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61529.

How far is Elmwood from Springfield?

71.0 miles (114.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Elmwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Elmwood?

Farmington, IL, with 2,295 residents, 6.1 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.