Illinois · Census place 1735268

Hinckley, Illinois

Hinckley is a village in DeKalb County, Illinois with an estimated 1,976 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 478th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,976; #478 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020: -1.0%; -20 people
Land area: 0.9 sq mi
Density: 2,298 / sq mi; State median 2,177

Orange pin: Hinckley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Hinckley population, 2020 to 2024

Hinckley lost 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,000. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hinckley covers 0.86 square miles of land, for 2,298 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Hinckley is close to the typical town.

What county Hinckley is in

All of Hinckley's residents live in DeKalb County, which had 101,335 residents in 2024. Hinckley holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hinckley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hinckley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60520. 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 Hinckley is

The Census internal point of Hinckley is at 41.771400, -88.640400. Springfield, the capital, is 147.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Plano, IL (12,677 people), 8.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Aurora, IL, 18.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.771400, -88.640400
DMS: 41°46'17.04"N 88°38'25.44"W
UTM: 16N 363658.7E 4625695.9N
Geohash: dp2vwuq00
Plus code: 86HHQ9C5+HR

Daylight in Hinckley

At 41.77° N, Hinckley gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hinckley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Big Rock, 5.9 miles away, with 1,086 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hinckley, IL?

1,976 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 20 (1.0%) from 1,996 in July 2020.

What county is Hinckley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hinckley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60520.

How far is Hinckley from Springfield?

147.3 miles (237.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Hinckley.

What is the nearest larger city to Hinckley?

Plano, IL, with 12,677 residents, 8.3 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.

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