Illinois · Census place 1749854

Mokena, Illinois

Mokena is a village in Will County, Illinois with an estimated 19,915 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 123rd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
19,915
#123 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+0.3%
+51 people
Land area
8.7 sq mi
Density
2,281 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Mokena. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Mokena population, 2020 to 2024

Mokena added 51 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +77. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 94th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Mokena is 1.3 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 19,884. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mokena covers 8.73 square miles of land, for 2,281 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Mokena is close to the typical town.

What county Mokena is in

All of Mokena's residents live in Will County, which had 708,583 residents in 2024. Mokena holds 2.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mokena

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mokena by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60448. 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 Mokena is

The Census internal point of Mokena is at 41.529900, -87.877700. Springfield, the capital, is 152.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Frankfort, IL (21,160 people), 1.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 14.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.529900, -87.877700
DMS
41°31'47.64"N 87°52'39.72"W
UTM
16N 426778.1E 4597955.6N
Geohash
dp3s2233j
Plus code
86HJG4HC+XW

Daylight in Mokena

At 41.53° N, Mokena 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 Mokena

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Frankfort, 1.6 miles away, with 21,160 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mokena, IL?

19,915 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 51 (0.3%) from 19,864 in July 2020.

What county is Mokena in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Mokena?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60448.

How far is Mokena from Springfield?

152.4 miles (245.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Mokena.

What is the nearest larger city to Mokena?

Frankfort, IL, with 21,160 residents, 1.6 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.

  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.