Illinois · Census place 1727702

Franklin Park, Illinois

Franklin Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 18,110 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 140th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
18,110
#140 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.5%
-285 people
Land area
4.8 sq mi
Density
3,789 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Franklin Park. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Franklin Park population, 2020 to 2024

Franklin Park lost 285 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +103. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 195th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Franklin Park is 1.2 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 18,468. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Franklin Park covers 4.78 square miles of land, for 3,789 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Franklin Park is denser than the typical town.

What county Franklin Park is in

All of Franklin Park's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Franklin Park 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 Franklin Park

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Franklin Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60131. 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 Franklin Park is

The Census internal point of Franklin Park is at 41.936000, -87.879200. Springfield, the capital, is 175.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Melrose Park, IL (23,999 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 12.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.936000, -87.879200
DMS
41°56'9.60"N 87°52'45.12"W
UTM
16N 427113.5E 4643044.2N
Geohash
dp3w860qf
Plus code
86HJW4PC+C8

Daylight in Franklin Park

At 41.94° N, Franklin Park gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Franklin Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Schiller Park, 1.6 miles away, with 11,325 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Franklin Park, IL?

18,110 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 285 (1.5%) from 18,395 in July 2020.

What county is Franklin Park in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Franklin Park?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60131.

How far is Franklin Park from Springfield?

175.3 miles (282.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Franklin Park.

What is the nearest larger city to Franklin Park?

Melrose Park, IL, with 23,999 residents, 2.4 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.

  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.