Illinois · Census place 1726710

Ford Heights, Illinois

Ford Heights is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 1,752 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 503rd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,752; #503 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020: -3.0%; -55 people
Land area: 2.0 sq mi
Density: 859 / sq mi; State median 2,177

Orange pin: Ford Heights. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Ford Heights population, 2020 to 2024

Ford Heights lost 55 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,813. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ford Heights covers 2.04 square miles of land, for 859 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Ford Heights is less dense than the typical town.

What county Ford Heights is in

All of Ford Heights's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Ford Heights holds 0.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ford Heights

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ford Heights by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60411. 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 Ford Heights is

The Census internal point of Ford Heights is at 41.511300, -87.581200. Springfield, the capital, is 161.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sauk Village, IL (9,627 people), 1.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 23.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.511300, -87.581200
DMS: 41°30'40.68"N 87°34'52.32"W
UTM: 16N 451499.8E 4595681.8N
Geohash: dp3sphckf
Plus code: 86HJGC69+GG

Daylight in Ford Heights

At 41.51° N, Ford Heights gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ford Heights

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Sauk Village, 1.6 miles away, with 9,627 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ford Heights, IL?

1,752 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 55 (3.0%) from 1,807 in July 2020.

What county is Ford Heights in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ford Heights?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60411.

How far is Ford Heights from Springfield?

161.4 miles (259.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Ford Heights.

What is the nearest larger city to Ford Heights?

Sauk Village, IL, with 9,627 residents, 1.6 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.