Illinois · Census place 1755106

Oblong, Illinois

Oblong is a village in Crawford County, Illinois with an estimated 1,349 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 572nd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,349
#572 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.5%
-20 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
1,238 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Oblong. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Oblong population, 2020 to 2024

Oblong lost 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

1,36920201,37320211,36120221,34620231,3492024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,370. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Oblong covers 1.09 square miles of land, for 1,238 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Oblong is less dense than the typical town.

What county Oblong is in

All of Oblong's residents live in Crawford County, which had 18,388 residents in 2024. Oblong holds 7.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Oblong

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Oblong by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 62449. 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 Oblong is

The Census internal point of Oblong is at 39.002300, -87.910500. Springfield, the capital, is 107.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Robinson, IL (7,053 people), 9.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Evansville, IN, 73.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.002300, -87.910500
DMS
39°00'8.28"N 87°54'37.80"W
UTM
16N 421160.1E 4317426.1N
Geohash
dncmzs1sb
Plus code
86FJ232Q+WQ

Daylight in Oblong

At 39.00° N, Oblong gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Oblong

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Robinson, 9.5 miles away, with 7,053 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Oblong, IL?

1,349 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 20 (1.5%) from 1,369 in July 2020.

What county is Oblong in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Oblong?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62449.

How far is Oblong from Springfield?

107.3 miles (172.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Oblong.

What is the nearest larger city to Oblong?

Robinson, IL, with 7,053 residents, 9.5 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.