Macon, Illinois

Macon population, 2020 to 2024

Macon lost 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

Macon covers 1.27 square miles of land, for 892 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Macon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Macon is in

All of Macon's residents live in Macon County, which had 100,737 residents in 2024. Macon holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Macon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Macon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 62544. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Macon is

The Census internal point of Macon is at 39.708700, -88.996700. Springfield, the capital, is 35.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Moweaqua, IL (1,724 people), 5.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 34.9 miles away.

Daylight in Macon

At 39.71° N, Macon gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Macon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Moweaqua, 5.9 miles away, with 1,724 people.