Illinois · Census place 1727065
Forreston, Illinois
Forreston is a village in Ogle County, Illinois with an estimated 1,403 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 558th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,403
- #558 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -2.2%
- -31 people
- Land area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Density
- 1,493 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Forreston population, 2020 to 2024
Forreston lost 31 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -10.
Forreston covers 0.94 square miles of land, for 1,493 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Forreston is less dense than the typical town.
What county Forreston is in
All of Forreston's residents live in Ogle County, which had 51,345 residents in 2024. Forreston holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Forreston
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Forreston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61030. 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 Forreston is
The Census internal point of Forreston is at 42.127200, -89.578400. Springfield, the capital, is 162.1 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mount Morris, IL (2,792 people), 9.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rockford, IL, 27.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.127200, -89.578400
- DMS
- 42°07'37.92"N 89°34'42.24"W
- UTM
- 16N 286881.5E 4667117.0N
- Geohash
- dp2r9t4bx
- Plus code
- 86JG4CGC+VJ
Daylight in Forreston
At 42.13° N, Forreston gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Forreston
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Mount Morris, 9.4 miles away, with 2,792 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Forreston, IL?
1,403 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 31 (2.2%) from 1,434 in July 2020.
What county is Forreston in?
Ogle County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Forreston?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61030.
How far is Forreston from Springfield?
162.1 miles (261.0 km) in a straight line, heading S from Forreston.
What is the nearest larger city to Forreston?
Mount Morris, IL, with 2,792 residents, 9.4 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.