Gibson City, Illinois

Gibson City population, 2020 to 2024

Gibson City lost 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +31.

Gibson City covers 2.32 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,484 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Gibson City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Gibson City is in

All of Gibson City's residents live in Ford County, which had 13,451 residents in 2024. Gibson City holds 25.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gibson City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gibson City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 60936. 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 Gibson City is

The Census internal point of Gibson City is at 40.466800, -88.379200. Springfield, the capital, is 82.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Paxton, IL (4,402 people), 14.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 67.9 miles away.

Daylight in Gibson City

At 40.47° N, Gibson City gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gibson City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Fisher, 10.6 miles away, with 2,092 people.