Illinois · Census place 1731732
Gridley, Illinois
Gridley is a village in McLean County, Illinois with an estimated 1,443 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 550th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,443
- #550 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -0.8%
- -12 people
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,173 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Gridley population, 2020 to 2024
Gridley lost 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +0.
Gridley covers 1.23 square miles of land, for 1,173 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Gridley is less dense than the typical town.
What county Gridley is in
All of Gridley's residents live in McLean County, which had 172,069 residents in 2024. Gridley holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Gridley
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gridley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61744. 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 Gridley is
The Census internal point of Gridley is at 40.743700, -88.880900. Springfield, the capital, is 77.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is El Paso, IL (2,732 people), 7.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 38.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.743700, -88.880900
- DMS
- 40°44'37.32"N 88°52'51.24"W
- UTM
- 16N 341198.0E 4512007.5N
- Geohash
- dp0zc3nvk
- Plus code
- 86GHP4V9+FJ
Daylight in Gridley
At 40.74° N, Gridley 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 Gridley
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is El Paso, 7.2 miles away, with 2,732 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Gridley, IL?
1,443 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 12 (0.8%) from 1,455 in July 2020.
What county is Gridley in?
McLean County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Gridley?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61744.
How far is Gridley from Springfield?
77.9 miles (125.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Gridley.
What is the nearest larger city to Gridley?
El Paso, IL, with 2,732 residents, 7.2 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.