Illinois · Census place 1758408

Pecatonica, Illinois

Pecatonica is a village in Winnebago County, Illinois with an estimated 2,058 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 472nd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,058
#472 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-22 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,608 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Pecatonica. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Pecatonica population, 2020 to 2024

Pecatonica lost 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by +7.

2,08020202,06720212,05320222,05120232,0582024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,086. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pecatonica covers 1.28 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,608 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Pecatonica is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pecatonica is in

All of Pecatonica's residents live in Winnebago County, which had 283,790 residents in 2024. Pecatonica holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pecatonica

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pecatonica by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61063. 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 Pecatonica is

The Census internal point of Pecatonica is at 42.309000, -89.357200. Springfield, the capital, is 175.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Winnebago, IL (2,907 people), 7.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rockford, IL, 15.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.309000, -89.357200
DMS
42°18'32.40"N 89°21'25.92"W
UTM
16N 305724.4E 4686775.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86JG8J5V+J4

Daylight in Pecatonica

At 42.31° N, Pecatonica gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pecatonica

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Winnebago, 6.9 miles away, with 2,907 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pecatonica, IL?

2,058 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 22 (1.1%) from 2,080 in July 2020.

What county is Pecatonica in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pecatonica?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61063.

How far is Pecatonica from Springfield?

175.3 miles (282.2 km) in a straight line, heading S from Pecatonica.

What is the nearest larger city to Pecatonica?

Winnebago, IL, with 2,907 residents, 7.0 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.