Illinois · Census place 1757407
Palos Park, Illinois
Palos Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 4,810 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 335th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,810
- #335 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -1.3%
- -64 people
- Land area
- 6.5 sq mi
- + 0.12 sq mi water
- Density
- 746 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Palos Park population, 2020 to 2024
Palos Park lost 64 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +35.
Palos Park covers 6.45 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 746 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Palos Park is less dense than the typical town.
What county Palos Park is in
All of Palos Park's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Palos Park 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 Palos Park
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Palos Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60439, 60464. 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 Palos Park is
The Census internal point of Palos Park is at 41.666200, -87.829600. Springfield, the capital, is 161.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Palos Heights, IL (12,088 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 14.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.666200, -87.829600
- DMS
- 41°39'58.32"N 87°49'46.56"W
- UTM
- 16N 430936.3E 4613048.3N
- Geohash
- dp3t13h7j
- Plus code
- 86HJM58C+F5
Daylight in Palos Park
At 41.67° N, Palos Park gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Palos Park
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Palos Heights, 1.7 miles away, with 12,088 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Palos Park, IL?
4,810 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 64 (1.3%) from 4,874 in July 2020.
What county is Palos Park in?
Cook County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Palos Park?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 60439, 60464.
How far is Palos Park from Springfield?
161.4 miles (259.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Palos Park.
What is the nearest larger city to Palos Park?
Palos Heights, IL, with 12,088 residents, 1.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.