Illinois · Census place 1747540
Matteson, Illinois
Matteson is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 18,566 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 135th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 18,566
- #135 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -2.4%
- -455 people
- Land area
- 9.3 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,998 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Matteson population, 2020 to 2024
Matteson lost 455 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +131. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 244th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Matteson is 1.3 times that size.
Matteson covers 9.29 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,998 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Matteson is close to the typical town.
What county Matteson is in
All of Matteson's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Matteson holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Matteson
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Matteson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60423, 60443. 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 Matteson is
The Census internal point of Matteson is at 41.508900, -87.746000. Springfield, the capital, is 155.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Park Forest, IL (21,016 people), 3.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 20.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.508900, -87.746000
- DMS
- 41°30'32.04"N 87°44'45.60"W
- UTM
- 16N 437745.1E 4595520.9N
- Geohash
- dp3s5k3qf
- Plus code
- 86HJG753+HJ
Daylight in Matteson
At 41.51° N, Matteson 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 Matteson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Richton Park, 2.0 miles away, with 12,504 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Matteson, IL?
18,566 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 455 (2.4%) from 19,021 in July 2020.
What county is Matteson in?
Cook County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Matteson?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 60423, 60443.
How far is Matteson from Springfield?
155.6 miles (250.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Matteson.
What is the nearest larger city to Matteson?
Park Forest, IL, with 21,016 residents, 3.6 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.