Illinois · Census place 1729275

Gilman, Illinois

Gilman is a city in Iroquois County, Illinois with an estimated 1,674 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 511th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,674
#511 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-3.8%
-67 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
689 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Gilman. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Gilman population, 2020 to 2024

Gilman lost 67 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,747. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Gilman covers 2.43 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 689 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Gilman is less dense than the typical town.

What county Gilman is in

All of Gilman's residents live in Iroquois County, which had 26,067 residents in 2024. Gilman holds 6.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gilman

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gilman by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 60938. 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 Gilman is

The Census internal point of Gilman is at 40.760400, -88.001200. Springfield, the capital, is 110.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Watseka, IL (4,495 people), 14.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 52.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.760400, -88.001200
DMS
40°45'37.44"N 88°00'4.32"W
UTM
16N 415492.7E 4512641.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GHQX6X+5G

Daylight in Gilman

At 40.76° N, Gilman gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gilman

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Onarga, 3.2 miles away, with 1,294 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gilman, IL?

1,674 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 67 (3.8%) from 1,741 in July 2020.

What county is Gilman in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Gilman?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60938.

How far is Gilman from Springfield?

110.2 miles (177.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Gilman.

What is the nearest larger city to Gilman?

Watseka, IL, with 4,495 residents, 14.2 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.

  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.