Illinois · Census place 1723945

Elwood, Illinois

Elwood is a village in Will County, Illinois with an estimated 2,248 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 458th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,248; #458 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020: +1.0%; +23 people
Land area: 13.7 sq mi; + 0.15 sq mi water
Density: 165 / sq mi; State median 2,177

Orange pin: Elwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Elwood population, 2020 to 2024

Elwood added 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +34.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,230. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Elwood covers 13.65 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 165 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Elwood is less dense than the typical town.

What county Elwood is in

All of Elwood's residents live in Will County, which had 708,583 residents in 2024. Elwood holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60421. 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 Elwood is

The Census internal point of Elwood is at 41.418100, -88.117200. Springfield, the capital, is 138.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Joliet, IL (151,837 people), 7.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.418100, -88.117200
DMS: 41°25'5.16"N 88°07'1.92"W
UTM: 16N 406637.3E 4585774.0N
Geohash: dp37dggjb
Plus code: 86HHCV9M+64

Daylight in Elwood

At 41.42° N, Elwood gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Rockdale, 6.0 miles away, with 1,980 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Elwood, IL?

2,248 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 23 (1.0%) from 2,225 in July 2020.

What county is Elwood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Elwood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60421.

How far is Elwood from Springfield?

138.8 miles (223.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Elwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Elwood?

Joliet, IL, with 151,837 residents, 7.0 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.