Illinois · Census place 1739909

Kincaid, Illinois

Kincaid is a village in Christian County, Illinois with an estimated 1,314 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 578th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,314
#578 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-2.6%
-35 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
1,602 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Kincaid. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Kincaid population, 2020 to 2024

Kincaid lost 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -5.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,352. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kincaid covers 0.82 square miles of land, for 1,602 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Kincaid is less dense than the typical town.

What county Kincaid is in

All of Kincaid's residents live in Christian County, which had 33,247 residents in 2024. Kincaid holds 4.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kincaid

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kincaid by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 62540. 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 Kincaid is

The Census internal point of Kincaid is at 39.586800, -89.416500. Springfield, the capital, is 18.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Taylorville, IL (10,263 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 18.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.586800, -89.416500
DMS
39°35'12.48"N 89°24'59.40"W
UTM
16N 292478.7E 4384687.3N
Geohash
dp03jq8cu
Plus code
86FGHHPM+PC

Daylight in Kincaid

At 39.59° N, Kincaid gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kincaid

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Edinburg, 5.1 miles away, with 1,055 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kincaid, IL?

1,314 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 35 (2.6%) from 1,349 in July 2020.

What county is Kincaid in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Kincaid?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62540.

How far is Kincaid from Springfield?

18.3 miles (29.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Kincaid.

What is the nearest larger city to Kincaid?

Taylorville, IL, with 10,263 residents, 6.0 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.