Illinois · Census place 1728872

Geneva, Illinois

Geneva is a city in Kane County, Illinois with an estimated 21,168 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 114th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
21,168
#114 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-169 people
Land area
10.1 sq mi
+ 0.24 sq mi water
Density
2,096 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Geneva. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Geneva population, 2020 to 2024

Geneva lost 169 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -38. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 162nd; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Geneva is 1.4 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 21,370. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Geneva covers 10.10 square miles of land and 0.24 of water, for 2,096 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Geneva is close to the typical town.

What county Geneva is in

All of Geneva's residents live in Kane County, which had 520,997 residents in 2024. Geneva holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Geneva

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Geneva by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 60134. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Geneva is

The Census internal point of Geneva is at 41.882100, -88.329500. Springfield, the capital, is 160.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Batavia, IL (26,555 people), 2.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Aurora, IL, 8.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.882100, -88.329500
DMS
41°52'55.56"N 88°19'46.20"W
UTM
16N 389689.9E 4637540.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HHVMJC+R6

Daylight in Geneva

At 41.88° N, Geneva gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Geneva

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Batavia, 2.6 miles away, with 26,555 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Geneva, IL?

21,168 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 169 (0.8%) from 21,337 in July 2020.

What county is Geneva in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Geneva?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60134.

How far is Geneva from Springfield?

160.7 miles (258.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Geneva.

What is the nearest larger city to Geneva?

Batavia, IL, with 26,555 residents, 2.5 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.