Illinois · Census place 1740065

Kingston, Illinois

Kingston is a village in DeKalb County, Illinois with an estimated 1,095 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 626th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,095
#626 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-10 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,117 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Kingston. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Kingston population, 2020 to 2024

Kingston lost 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,107. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kingston covers 0.98 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,117 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Kingston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Kingston is in

All of Kingston's residents live in DeKalb County, which had 101,335 residents in 2024. Kingston holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kingston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kingston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60145. 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 Kingston is

The Census internal point of Kingston is at 42.101100, -88.763200. Springfield, the capital, is 166.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Genoa, IL (5,514 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rockford, IL, 18.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.101100, -88.763200
DMS
42°06'3.96"N 88°45'47.52"W
UTM
16N 354205.0E 4662505.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JH462P+CP

Daylight in Kingston

At 42.10° N, Kingston gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kingston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Genoa, 3.6 miles away, with 5,514 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kingston, IL?

1,095 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 10 (0.9%) from 1,105 in July 2020.

What county is Kingston in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Kingston?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60145.

How far is Kingston from Springfield?

166.8 miles (268.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Kingston.

What is the nearest larger city to Kingston?

Genoa, IL, with 5,514 residents, 3.5 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.