Illinois · Census place 1744524

Long Grove, Illinois

Long Grove is a village in Lake County, Illinois with an estimated 8,393 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 253rd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,393
#253 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+16 people
Land area
12.4 sq mi
+ 0.22 sq mi water
Density
677 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Long Grove. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Long Grove population, 2020 to 2024

Long Grove added 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +45. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 100th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Long Grove is 57% of it.

8,37720208,35420218,32920228,34820238,3932024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,391. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Long Grove covers 12.39 square miles of land and 0.22 of water, for 677 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Long Grove is less dense than the typical town.

What county Long Grove is in

All of Long Grove's residents live in Lake County, which had 718,604 residents in 2024. Long Grove holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Long Grove

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Long Grove by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60047. 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 Long Grove is

The Census internal point of Long Grove is at 42.195000, -88.011000. Springfield, the capital, is 187.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Buffalo Grove, IL (43,072 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 19.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.195000, -88.011000
DMS
42°11'42.00"N 88°00'39.60"W
UTM
16N 416527.1E 4671921.9N
Geohash
dp92j327e
Plus code
86JH5XWQ+2J

Daylight in Long Grove

At 42.20° N, Long Grove gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Long Grove

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Kildeer, 2.2 miles away, with 4,554 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Long Grove, IL?

8,393 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 16 (0.2%) from 8,377 in July 2020.

What county is Long Grove in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Long Grove?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60047.

How far is Long Grove from Springfield?

187.4 miles (301.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Long Grove.

What is the nearest larger city to Long Grove?

Buffalo Grove, IL, with 43,072 residents, 3.2 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.