Illinois · Census place 1752142

New Baden, Illinois

New Baden is a village in 2 counties of Illinois with an estimated 3,395 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 401st largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,395
#401 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-29 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
1,855 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: New Baden. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Springfield.

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New Baden population, 2020 to 2024

New Baden lost 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

3,42420203,40920213,40420223,38520233,3952024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,427. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

New Baden covers 1.83 square miles of land, for 1,855 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so New Baden is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties New Baden spans

New Baden crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 3,395 residents as follows; Clinton County holds 93.8% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Clinton County3,186
  2. 02St. Clair County209
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in New Baden

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New Baden by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 62265. 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 Baden is

The Census internal point of New Baden is at 38.536800, -89.707200. Springfield, the capital, is 86.0 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mascoutah, IL (9,118 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Louis, MO, 29.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.536800, -89.707200
DMS
38°32'12.48"N 89°42'25.92"W
UTM
16N 264038.2E 4268851.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
86CGG7PV+P4

Daylight in New Baden

At 38.54° N, New Baden gets about 14 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 28 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near New Baden

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Albers, 4.9 miles away, with 1,123 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of New Baden, IL?

3,395 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 29 (0.8%) from 3,424 in July 2020.

What county is New Baden in?

It spans 2 counties: Clinton County (3,186 residents), St. Clair County (209 residents).

What ZIP codes cover New Baden?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62265.

How far is New Baden from Springfield?

86.0 miles (138.4 km) in a straight line, heading N from New Baden.

What is the nearest larger city to New Baden?

Mascoutah, IL, with 9,118 residents, 5.2 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)

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