Illinois · Census place 1747111

Marquette Heights, Illinois

Marquette Heights is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois with an estimated 2,485 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 442nd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,485
#442 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-51 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
2,562 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Marquette Heights. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Marquette Heights population, 2020 to 2024

Marquette Heights lost 51 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

2,53620202,52120212,49520222,48820232,4852024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,542. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Marquette Heights covers 0.97 square miles of land, for 2,562 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Marquette Heights is denser than the typical town.

What county Marquette Heights is in

All of Marquette Heights's residents live in Tazewell County, which had 129,821 residents in 2024. Marquette Heights holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Marquette Heights

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Marquette Heights by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61554. 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 Marquette Heights is

The Census internal point of Marquette Heights is at 40.618400, -89.604700. Springfield, the capital, is 57.9 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Creve Coeur, IL (4,832 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 9.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.618400, -89.604700
DMS
40°37'6.24"N 89°36'16.92"W
UTM
16N 279670.5E 4499658.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GGJ99W+94

Daylight in Marquette Heights

At 40.62° N, Marquette Heights gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Marquette Heights

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is North Pekin, 1.1 miles away, with 1,439 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Marquette Heights, IL?

2,485 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 51 (2.0%) from 2,536 in July 2020.

What county is Marquette Heights in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Marquette Heights?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61554.

How far is Marquette Heights from Springfield?

57.9 miles (93.2 km) in a straight line, heading S from Marquette Heights.

What is the nearest larger city to Marquette Heights?

Creve Coeur, IL, with 4,832 residents, 1.4 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.