Illinois · Census place 1743510

Limestone, Illinois

Limestone is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois with an estimated 1,524 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 531st largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,524
#531 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.4%
-22 people
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
567 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Limestone. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Limestone population, 2020 to 2024

Limestone lost 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -4.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,550. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Limestone covers 2.69 square miles of land, for 567 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Limestone is less dense than the typical town.

What county Limestone is in

All of Limestone's residents live in Kankakee County, which had 106,410 residents in 2024. Limestone holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Limestone

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Limestone by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60901. 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 Limestone is

The Census internal point of Limestone is at 41.148700, -87.955900. Springfield, the capital, is 129.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bourbonnais, IL (18,083 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 27.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.148700, -87.955900
DMS
41°08'55.32"N 87°57'21.24"W
UTM
16N 419787.8E 4555704.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HJ42XV+FJ

Daylight in Limestone

At 41.15° N, Limestone gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Limestone

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Bourbonnais, 4.7 miles away, with 18,083 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Limestone, IL?

1,524 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 22 (1.4%) from 1,546 in July 2020.

What county is Limestone in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Limestone?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60901.

How far is Limestone from Springfield?

129.8 miles (209.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Limestone.

What is the nearest larger city to Limestone?

Bourbonnais, IL, with 18,083 residents, 4.7 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.