Illinois · Census place 1755353

Oglesby, Illinois

Oglesby is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois with an estimated 3,626 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 388th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,626
#388 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.8%
-66 people
Land area
5.0 sq mi
Density
727 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Oglesby. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Oglesby population, 2020 to 2024

Oglesby lost 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,703. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Oglesby covers 4.99 square miles of land, for 727 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Oglesby is less dense than the typical town.

What county Oglesby is in

All of Oglesby's residents live in LaSalle County, which had 108,390 residents in 2024. Oglesby holds 3.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Oglesby

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Oglesby by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61348. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Oglesby is

The Census internal point of Oglesby is at 41.293200, -89.071000. Springfield, the capital, is 108.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is LaSalle, IL (9,424 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 47.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.293200, -89.071000
DMS
41°17'35.52"N 89°04'15.60"W
UTM
16N 326594.9E 4573374.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HG7WVH+7H

Daylight in Oglesby

At 41.29° N, Oglesby gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Oglesby

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is LaSalle, 3.2 miles away, with 9,424 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Oglesby, IL?

3,626 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 66 (1.8%) from 3,692 in July 2020.

What county is Oglesby in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Oglesby?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61348.

How far is Oglesby from Springfield?

108.8 miles (175.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Oglesby.

What is the nearest larger city to Oglesby?

LaSalle, IL, with 9,424 residents, 3.2 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)

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