Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Glen Ellyn population, 2020 to 2024

Glen Ellyn lost 69 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +238. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 124th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Glen Ellyn is 2.0 times that size.

Glen Ellyn covers 6.97 square miles of land and 0.16 of water, for 4,142 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Glen Ellyn is denser than the typical town.

What county Glen Ellyn is in

All of Glen Ellyn's residents live in DuPage County, which had 937,142 residents in 2024. Glen Ellyn holds 3.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Glen Ellyn

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Glen Ellyn by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60137. 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 Glen Ellyn is

The Census internal point of Glen Ellyn is at 41.866700, -88.062700. Springfield, the capital, is 166.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wheaton, IL (53,741 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Naperville, IL, 9.6 miles away.

Daylight in Glen Ellyn

At 41.87° N, Glen Ellyn 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 Glen Ellyn

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Wheaton, 2.4 miles away, with 53,741 people.