Illinois · Census place 1740910

Lake Bluff, Illinois

Lake Bluff is a village in Lake County, Illinois with an estimated 5,600 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 315th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,600
#315 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-0.2%
-9 people
Land area
4.1 sq mi
Density
1,373 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Lake Bluff. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Lake Bluff population, 2020 to 2024

Lake Bluff lost 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +26. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 118th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Lake Bluff is 38% of it.

5,60920205,59020215,57220225,57420235,6002024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,619. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lake Bluff covers 4.08 square miles of land, for 1,373 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Lake Bluff is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lake Bluff is in

All of Lake Bluff's residents live in Lake County, which had 718,604 residents in 2024. Lake Bluff holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lake Bluff

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lake Bluff by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60044. 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 Lake Bluff is

The Census internal point of Lake Bluff is at 42.282700, -87.852300. Springfield, the capital, is 196.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is North Chicago, IL (30,639 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 29.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.282700, -87.852300
DMS
42°16'57.72"N 87°51'8.28"W
UTM
16N 429727.6E 4681516.5N
Geohash
dp988c7ft
Plus code
86JJ74MX+33

Daylight in Lake Bluff

At 42.28° N, Lake Bluff gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lake Bluff

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is North Chicago, 2.4 miles away, with 30,639 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lake Bluff, IL?

5,600 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 9 (0.2%) from 5,609 in July 2020.

What county is Lake Bluff in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lake Bluff?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60044.

How far is Lake Bluff from Springfield?

196.6 miles (316.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Lake Bluff.

What is the nearest larger city to Lake Bluff?

North Chicago, IL, with 30,639 residents, 2.4 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.