Illinois · Census place 1736750

Huntley, Illinois

Huntley is a village in 2 counties of Illinois with an estimated 28,495 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 72nd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
28,495
#72 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+2.6%
+726 people
Land area
14.7 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,945 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Huntley. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Springfield.

Huntley population, 2020 to 2024

Huntley added 726 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +161. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 36th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Huntley is 1.9 times that size.

27.8k202028.0k202128.2k202228.3k202328.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 27,746. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Huntley covers 14.65 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,945 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Huntley is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Huntley spans

Huntley crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 28,495 residents as follows; McHenry County holds 79.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01McHenry County22,679
  2. 02Kane County5,816
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Huntley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Huntley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60142. 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 Huntley is

The Census internal point of Huntley is at 42.160800, -88.435500. Springfield, the capital, is 176.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Algonquin, IL (30,539 people), 5.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 10.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.160800, -88.435500
DMS
42°09'38.88"N 88°26'7.80"W
UTM
16N 381413.8E 4668627.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JH5H67+8R

Daylight in Huntley

At 42.16° N, Huntley gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Huntley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Hampshire, 4.7 miles away, with 8,864 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Huntley, IL?

28,495 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 726 (2.6%) from 27,769 in July 2020.

What county is Huntley in?

It spans 2 counties: McHenry County (22,679 residents), Kane County (5,816 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Huntley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60142.

How far is Huntley from Springfield?

176.2 miles (283.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Huntley.

What is the nearest larger city to Huntley?

Algonquin, IL, with 30,539 residents, 5.8 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.

  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.