Illinois · Census place 1748606

Metamora, Illinois

Metamora is a village in Woodford County, Illinois with an estimated 3,870 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 378th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,870
#378 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-0.7%
-28 people
Land area
2.3 sq mi
Density
1,697 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Metamora. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Metamora population, 2020 to 2024

Metamora lost 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

3,89820203,87520213,87520223,88320233,8702024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,904. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Metamora covers 2.28 square miles of land, for 1,697 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Metamora is less dense than the typical town.

What county Metamora is in

All of Metamora's residents live in Woodford County, which had 38,290 residents in 2024. Metamora holds 10.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Metamora

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Metamora by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61548. 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 Metamora is

The Census internal point of Metamora is at 40.795000, -89.368400. Springfield, the capital, is 71.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Washington, IL (15,857 people), 7.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 13.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.795000, -89.368400
DMS
40°47'42.00"N 89°22'6.24"W
UTM
16N 300189.6E 4518699.5N
Geohash
dp22n6ebj
Plus code
86GGQJWJ+2J

Daylight in Metamora

At 40.80° N, Metamora gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Metamora

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Germantown Hills, 5.3 miles away, with 3,450 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Metamora, IL?

3,870 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 28 (0.7%) from 3,898 in July 2020.

What county is Metamora in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Metamora?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61548.

How far is Metamora from Springfield?

71.6 miles (115.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Metamora.

What is the nearest larger city to Metamora?

Washington, IL, with 15,857 residents, 7.0 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.