Illinois · Census place 1733695

Hazel Crest, Illinois

Hazel Crest is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 13,036 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 186th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
13,036
#186 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-2.9%
-390 people
Land area
3.4 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
3,834 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Hazel Crest. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Hazel Crest population, 2020 to 2024

Hazel Crest lost 390 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by +74. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 287th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Hazel Crest is 88% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 13,477. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hazel Crest covers 3.40 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 3,834 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Hazel Crest is denser than the typical town.

What county Hazel Crest is in

All of Hazel Crest's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Hazel Crest holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hazel Crest

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hazel Crest by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60429. 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 Hazel Crest is

The Census internal point of Hazel Crest is at 41.574200, -87.689300. Springfield, the capital, is 160.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Homewood, IL (18,789 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 18.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.574200, -87.689300
DMS
41°34'27.12"N 87°41'21.48"W
UTM
16N 442534.7E 4602731.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HJH8F6+M7

Daylight in Hazel Crest

At 41.57° N, Hazel Crest gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hazel Crest

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Homewood, 1.7 miles away, with 18,789 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hazel Crest, IL?

13,036 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 390 (2.9%) from 13,426 in July 2020.

What county is Hazel Crest in?

Cook County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Hazel Crest?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60429.

How far is Hazel Crest from Springfield?

160.9 miles (259.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Hazel Crest.

What is the nearest larger city to Hazel Crest?

Homewood, IL, with 18,789 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.