Illinois · Census place 1753663

Northfield, Illinois

Northfield is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 5,625 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 312th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,625
#312 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-116 people
Land area
3.2 sq mi
Density
1,741 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Northfield. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Northfield population, 2020 to 2024

Northfield lost 116 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +46. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 221st; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Northfield is 38% of it.

5,74120205,64320215,58020225,57920235,6252024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,745. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Northfield covers 3.23 square miles of land, for 1,741 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Northfield is less dense than the typical town.

What county Northfield is in

All of Northfield's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Northfield holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Northfield

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Northfield by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60093. 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 Northfield is

The Census internal point of Northfield is at 42.103000, -87.777400. Springfield, the capital, is 187.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Winnetka, IL (12,494 people), 1.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 19.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.103000, -87.777400
DMS
42°06'10.80"N 87°46'38.64"W
UTM
16N 435721.3E 4661504.7N
Geohash
dp3xd8d7y
Plus code
86JJ463F+62

Daylight in Northfield

At 42.10° N, Northfield gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Northfield

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Winnetka, 1.8 miles away, with 12,494 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Northfield, IL?

5,625 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 116 (2.0%) from 5,741 in July 2020.

What county is Northfield in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Northfield?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60093.

How far is Northfield from Springfield?

187.8 miles (302.3 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Northfield.

What is the nearest larger city to Northfield?

Winnetka, IL, with 12,494 residents, 1.8 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.