Machesney Park, Illinois

Machesney Park population, 2020 to 2024

Machesney Park lost 94 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +115. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 137th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Machesney Park is 1.5 times that size.

Machesney Park covers 12.69 square miles of land and 0.34 of water, for 1,800 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Machesney Park is less dense than the typical town.

What county Machesney Park is in

All of Machesney Park's residents live in Winnebago County, which had 283,790 residents in 2024. Machesney Park holds 8.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Machesney Park

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Machesney Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61115. 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 Machesney Park is

The Census internal point of Machesney Park is at 42.367700, -89.024500. Springfield, the capital, is 181.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Loves Park, IL (23,636 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rockford, IL, 7.8 miles away.

Daylight in Machesney Park

At 42.37° N, Machesney Park 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 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Machesney Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Loves Park, 2.5 miles away, with 23,636 people.