Illinois · Census place 1727624
Frankfort, Illinois
Frankfort is a village in Will County, Illinois with an estimated 21,160 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 115th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 21,160
- #115 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- +4.2%
- +848 people
- Land area
- 15.6 sq mi
- Density
- 1,355 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Frankfort population, 2020 to 2024
Frankfort added 848 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +187. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 25th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Frankfort is 1.4 times that size.
Frankfort covers 15.62 square miles of land, for 1,355 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Frankfort is less dense than the typical town.
What county Frankfort is in
All of Frankfort's residents live in Will County, which had 708,583 residents in 2024. Frankfort holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Frankfort
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Frankfort by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60423. 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 Frankfort is
The Census internal point of Frankfort is at 41.507000, -87.871000. Springfield, the capital, is 151.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Lenox, IL (28,480 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 14.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.507000, -87.871000
- DMS
- 41°30'25.20"N 87°52'15.60"W
- UTM
- 16N 427311.4E 4595407.5N
- Geohash
- dp3s0kn7c
- Plus code
- 86HJG44H+RJ
Daylight in Frankfort
At 41.51° N, Frankfort 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 Frankfort
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Mokena, 1.6 miles away, with 19,915 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Frankfort, IL?
21,160 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 848 (4.2%) from 20,312 in July 2020.
What county is Frankfort in?
Will County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Frankfort?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60423.
How far is Frankfort from Springfield?
151.4 miles (243.6 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Frankfort.
What is the nearest larger city to Frankfort?
New Lenox, IL, with 28,480 residents, 5.2 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.