Illinois · Census place 1759533

Philo, Illinois

Philo is a village in Champaign County, Illinois with an estimated 1,385 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 564th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,385
#564 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-0.3%
-4 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
1,669 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Philo. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Philo population, 2020 to 2024

Philo lost 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,394. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Philo covers 0.83 square miles of land, for 1,669 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Philo is less dense than the typical town.

What county Philo is in

All of Philo's residents live in Champaign County, which had 212,374 residents in 2024. Philo 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 Philo

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Philo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61864. 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 Philo is

The Census internal point of Philo is at 40.003300, -88.156400. Springfield, the capital, is 80.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tolono, IL (3,581 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 80.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.003300, -88.156400
DMS
40°00'11.88"N 88°09'23.04"W
UTM
16N 401293.6E 4428763.9N
Geohash
dp179fqkn
Plus code
86GH2R3V+8C

Daylight in Philo

At 40.00° N, Philo gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Philo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Sidney, 4.7 miles away, with 1,194 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Philo, IL?

1,385 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 4 (0.3%) from 1,389 in July 2020.

What county is Philo in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Philo?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61864.

How far is Philo from Springfield?

80.7 miles (129.8 km) in a straight line, heading W from Philo.

What is the nearest larger city to Philo?

Tolono, IL, with 3,581 residents, 5.7 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.