Markham, Illinois

Markham population, 2020 to 2024

Markham lost 329 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +74. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 278th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Markham is 76% of it.

Markham covers 5.41 square miles of land, for 2,087 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Markham is close to the typical town.

What county Markham is in

All of Markham's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Markham 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 Markham

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Markham by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 60428. 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 Markham is

The Census internal point of Markham is at 41.600000, -87.690500. Springfield, the capital, is 162.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hazel Crest, IL (13,036 people), 1.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 16.4 miles away.

Daylight in Markham

At 41.60° N, Markham gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Markham

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Hazel Crest, 1.8 miles away, with 13,036 people.