Illinois · Census place 1755002

Oakwood, Illinois

Oakwood is a village in Vermilion County, Illinois with an estimated 1,275 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 584th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,275
#584 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-3.6%
-48 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
1,371 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Oakwood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Oakwood population, 2020 to 2024

Oakwood lost 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,326. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Oakwood covers 0.93 square miles of land, for 1,371 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Oakwood is less dense than the typical town.

What county Oakwood is in

All of Oakwood's residents live in Vermilion County, which had 71,106 residents in 2024. Oakwood holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Oakwood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Oakwood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61858. 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 Oakwood is

The Census internal point of Oakwood is at 40.110100, -87.776900. Springfield, the capital, is 101.8 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Catlin, IL (1,919 people), 4.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carmel, IN, 86.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.110100, -87.776900
DMS
40°06'36.36"N 87°46'36.84"W
UTM
16N 433790.3E 4440266.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GJ466F+26

Daylight in Oakwood

At 40.11° N, Oakwood gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Oakwood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Catlin, 4.6 miles away, with 1,919 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Oakwood, IL?

1,275 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 48 (3.6%) from 1,323 in July 2020.

What county is Oakwood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Oakwood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61858.

How far is Oakwood from Springfield?

101.8 miles (163.8 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Oakwood.

What is the nearest larger city to Oakwood?

Catlin, IL, with 1,919 residents, 4.7 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.