Illinois · Census place 1745421

Lynwood, Illinois

Lynwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 9,239 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 238th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,239
#238 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+1.8%
+160 people
Land area
5.1 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
1,804 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Lynwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Lynwood population, 2020 to 2024

Lynwood added 160 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +154. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 48th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Lynwood is 63% of it.

9,07920208,98420219,00220229,08520239,2392024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,104. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lynwood covers 5.12 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,804 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Lynwood is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lynwood is in

All of Lynwood's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Lynwood holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lynwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lynwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60411. 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 Lynwood is

The Census internal point of Lynwood is at 41.522600, -87.550500. Springfield, the capital, is 163.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sauk Village, IL (9,627 people), 2.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 22.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.522600, -87.550500
DMS
41°31'21.36"N 87°33'1.80"W
UTM
16N 454069.6E 4596919.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HJGCFX+2R

Daylight in Lynwood

At 41.52° N, Lynwood gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lynwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Ford Heights, 1.8 miles away, with 1,752 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lynwood, IL?

9,239 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 160 (1.8%) from 9,079 in July 2020.

What county is Lynwood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lynwood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60411.

How far is Lynwood from Springfield?

163.1 miles (262.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Lynwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Lynwood?

Sauk Village, IL, with 9,627 residents, 2.5 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.