Illinois · Census place 1759572

Phoenix, Illinois

Phoenix is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 1,650 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 514th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,650; #514 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020: -3.1%; -52 people
Land area: 0.5 sq mi
Density: 3,587 / sq mi; State median 2,177

Orange pin: Phoenix. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Phoenix population, 2020 to 2024

Phoenix lost 52 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,708. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Phoenix covers 0.46 square miles of land, for 3,587 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Phoenix is denser than the typical town.

What county Phoenix is in

All of Phoenix's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Phoenix holds 0.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Phoenix

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Phoenix by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60426. 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 Phoenix is

The Census internal point of Phoenix is at 41.611800, -87.630900. Springfield, the capital, is 164.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Harvey, IL (19,781 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 15.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.611800, -87.630900
DMS: 41°36'42.48"N 87°37'51.24"W
UTM: 16N 447433.9E 4606868.5N
Geohash: dp3stzjnk
Plus code: 86HJJ969+PJ

Daylight in Phoenix

At 41.61° N, Phoenix 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 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Phoenix

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Harvey, 1.1 miles away, with 19,781 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Phoenix, IL?

1,650 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 52 (3.1%) from 1,702 in July 2020.

What county is Phoenix in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Phoenix?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60426.

How far is Phoenix from Springfield?

164.9 miles (265.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Phoenix.

What is the nearest larger city to Phoenix?

Harvey, IL, with 19,781 residents, 1.1 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.

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