Illinois · Census place 1731589
Greenville, Illinois
Greenville is a city in Bond County, Illinois with an estimated 7,126 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 278th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 7,126
- #278 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -1.4%
- -104 people
- Land area
- 6.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,129 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
Measure from here
Tools and pages that start from Greenville
Greenville population, 2020 to 2024
Greenville lost 104 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -26. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 190th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Greenville is 48% of it.
Greenville covers 6.31 square miles of land, for 1,129 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Greenville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Greenville is in
All of Greenville's residents live in Bond County, which had 16,576 residents in 2024. Greenville holds 43.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Greenville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Greenville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 62246. 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 Greenville is
The Census internal point of Greenville is at 38.886600, -89.389400. Springfield, the capital, is 63.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Vandalia, IL (7,358 people), 16.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 49.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.886600, -89.389400
- DMS
- 38°53'11.76"N 89°23'21.84"W
- UTM
- 16N 292755.0E 4306906.3N
- Geohash
- dnbmjzhdu
- Plus code
- 86CGVJP6+J6
Daylight in Greenville
At 38.89° N, Greenville 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 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Greenville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Vandalia, 16.2 miles away, with 7,358 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Greenville, IL?
7,126 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 104 (1.4%) from 7,230 in July 2020.
What county is Greenville in?
Bond County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Greenville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62246.
How far is Greenville from Springfield?
63.3 miles (101.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Greenville.
What is the nearest larger city to Greenville?
Vandalia, IL, with 7,358 residents, 16.2 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.