Godfrey, Illinois

Godfrey population, 2020 to 2024

Godfrey lost 202 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -37. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 174th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Godfrey is 1.2 times that size.

Godfrey covers 34.40 square miles of land and 1.96 of water, for 512 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Godfrey is less dense than the typical town.

What county Godfrey is in

All of Godfrey's residents live in Madison County, which had 263,017 residents in 2024. Godfrey holds 6.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Godfrey

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Godfrey by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 62035. 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 Godfrey is

The Census internal point of Godfrey is at 38.952900, -90.222500. Springfield, the capital, is 64.9 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Alton, IL (24,967 people), 5.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 21.9 miles away.

Daylight in Godfrey

At 38.95° N, Godfrey gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Godfrey

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Alton, 5.1 miles away, with 24,967 people.