Illinois · Census place 1752116

New Athens, Illinois

New Athens is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois with an estimated 1,870 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 491st largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,870; #491 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020: -4.0%; -78 people
Land area: 2.1 sq mi; + 0.18 sq mi water
Density: 886 / sq mi; State median 2,177

Orange pin: New Athens. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

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New Athens population, 2020 to 2024

New Athens lost 78 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.0%. In the latest year it moved by -13.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,953. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

New Athens covers 2.11 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 886 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so New Athens is less dense than the typical town.

What county New Athens is in

All of New Athens's residents live in St. Clair County, which had 251,149 residents in 2024. New Athens holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Athens

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New Athens by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 62264. 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 New Athens is

The Census internal point of New Athens is at 38.318900, -89.873600. Springfield, the capital, is 101.7 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Freeburg, IL (4,518 people), 8.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 29.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 38.318900, -89.873600
DMS: 38°19'8.04"N 89°52'24.96"W
UTM: 16N 248777.5E 4245106.6N
Geohash: dnb1fzspc
Plus code: 86CG849G+HH

Daylight in New Athens

At 38.32° N, New Athens gets about 14 h 50 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 30 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near New Athens

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Marissa, 7.3 miles away, with 1,743 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of New Athens, IL?

1,870 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 78 (4.0%) from 1,948 in July 2020.

What county is New Athens in?

St. Clair County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover New Athens?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62264.

How far is New Athens from Springfield?

101.7 miles (163.7 km) in a straight line, heading N from New Athens.

What is the nearest larger city to New Athens?

Freeburg, IL, with 4,518 residents, 8.6 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.