Illinois · Census place 1733279
Hartford, Illinois
Hartford is a village in Madison County, Illinois with an estimated 1,152 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 606th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,152
- #606 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -2.9%
- -34 people
- Land area
- 5.2 sq mi
- + 0.27 sq mi water
- Density
- 222 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Hartford population, 2020 to 2024
Hartford lost 34 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -5.
Hartford covers 5.20 square miles of land and 0.27 of water, for 222 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Hartford is less dense than the typical town.
What county Hartford is in
All of Hartford's residents live in Madison County, which had 263,017 residents in 2024. Hartford holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Hartford
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Hartford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 62048, 62087. 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 Hartford is
The Census internal point of Hartford is at 38.813100, -90.092100. Springfield, the capital, is 70.9 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is South Roxana, IL (1,849 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 14.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.813100, -90.092100
- DMS
- 38°48'47.16"N 90°05'31.56"W
- UTM
- 15N 752484.7E 4300054.2N
- Geohash
- 9yzuvcsyt
- Plus code
- 86CFRW75+65
Daylight in Hartford
At 38.81° N, Hartford gets about 14 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 27 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 Hartford
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is South Roxana, 1.7 miles away, with 1,849 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Hartford, IL?
1,152 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 34 (2.9%) from 1,186 in July 2020.
What county is Hartford in?
Madison County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Hartford?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 62048, 62087.
How far is Hartford from Springfield?
70.9 miles (114.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Hartford.
What is the nearest larger city to Hartford?
South Roxana, IL, with 1,849 residents, 1.7 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.