Illinois · Census place 1733227
Harristown, Illinois
Harristown is a village in Macon County, Illinois with an estimated 1,270 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 586th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,270
- #586 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -3.2%
- -42 people
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Density
- 702 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Harristown population, 2020 to 2024
Harristown lost 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.2%. In the latest year it moved by -2.
Harristown covers 1.81 square miles of land, for 702 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Harristown is less dense than the typical town.
What county Harristown is in
All of Harristown's residents live in Macon County, which had 100,737 residents in 2024. Harristown holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Harristown
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Harristown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 62522, 62537. 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 Harristown is
The Census internal point of Harristown is at 39.842900, -89.061100. Springfield, the capital, is 31.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Decatur, IL (68,763 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 31.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.842900, -89.061100
- DMS
- 39°50'34.44"N 89°03'39.96"W
- UTM
- 16N 323655.7E 4412353.5N
- Geohash
- dp0dtm5tt
- Plus code
- 86FGRWVQ+5H
Daylight in Harristown
At 39.84° N, Harristown gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Harristown
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Warrensburg, 6.2 miles away, with 1,086 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Harristown, IL?
1,270 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 42 (3.2%) from 1,312 in July 2020.
What county is Harristown in?
Macon County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Harristown?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 62522, 62537.
How far is Harristown from Springfield?
31.5 miles (50.8 km) in a straight line, heading W from Harristown.
What is the nearest larger city to Harristown?
Decatur, IL, with 68,763 residents, 6.8 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.