Illinois · Census place 1738479

Johnsburg, Illinois

Johnsburg is a village in McHenry County, Illinois with an estimated 6,428 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 296th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,428
#296 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+0.9%
+60 people
Land area
7.3 sq mi
+ 0.60 sq mi water
Density
887 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Johnsburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Johnsburg population, 2020 to 2024

Johnsburg added 60 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +17. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 69th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Johnsburg is 44% of it.

6,36820206,39420216,37920226,41120236,4282024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,378. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Johnsburg covers 7.25 square miles of land and 0.60 of water, for 887 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Johnsburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Johnsburg is in

All of Johnsburg's residents live in McHenry County, which had 315,959 residents in 2024. Johnsburg holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Johnsburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Johnsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60051. 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 Johnsburg is

The Census internal point of Johnsburg is at 42.383200, -88.246800. Springfield, the capital, is 194.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lakemoor, IL (6,451 people), 3.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 24.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.383200, -88.246800
DMS
42°22'59.52"N 88°14'48.48"W
UTM
16N 397364.1E 4693076.7N
Geohash
dp91pgssh
Plus code
86JH9QM3+77

Daylight in Johnsburg

At 42.38° N, Johnsburg gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Johnsburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Lakemoor, 3.8 miles away, with 6,451 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Johnsburg, IL?

6,428 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 60 (0.9%) from 6,368 in July 2020.

What county is Johnsburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Johnsburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60051.

How far is Johnsburg from Springfield?

194.1 miles (312.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Johnsburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Johnsburg?

Lakemoor, IL, with 6,451 residents, 3.8 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.