Illinois · Census place 1743250

Libertyville, Illinois

Libertyville is a village in Lake County, Illinois with an estimated 20,643 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 120th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
20,643
#120 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+80 people
Land area
8.8 sq mi
+ 0.35 sq mi water
Density
2,343 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Libertyville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Libertyville population, 2020 to 2024

Libertyville added 80 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +149. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 89th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Libertyville is 1.4 times that size.

20.6k202020.5k202120.5k202220.5k202320.6k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 20,581. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Libertyville covers 8.81 square miles of land and 0.35 of water, for 2,343 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Libertyville is close to the typical town.

What county Libertyville is in

All of Libertyville's residents live in Lake County, which had 718,604 residents in 2024. Libertyville holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Libertyville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Libertyville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60048. 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 Libertyville is

The Census internal point of Libertyville is at 42.284700, -87.966500. Springfield, the capital, is 194.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mundelein, IL (32,641 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 25.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.284700, -87.966500
DMS
42°17'4.92"N 87°57'59.40"W
UTM
16N 420314.2E 4681839.1N
Geohash
dp92w38wp
Plus code
86JJ72MM+VC

Daylight in Libertyville

At 42.28° N, Libertyville 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 Libertyville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Mundelein, 2.7 miles away, with 32,641 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Libertyville, IL?

20,643 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 80 (0.4%) from 20,563 in July 2020.

What county is Libertyville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Libertyville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60048.

How far is Libertyville from Springfield?

194.0 miles (312.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Libertyville.

What is the nearest larger city to Libertyville?

Mundelein, IL, with 32,641 residents, 2.7 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.