Illinois · Census place 1763641

Richmond, Illinois

Richmond is a village in McHenry County, Illinois with an estimated 2,123 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 468th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,123
#468 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+1.9%
+39 people
Land area
4.3 sq mi
Density
495 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Richmond. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Richmond population, 2020 to 2024

Richmond added 39 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +12.

2,08420202,10320212,10020222,11120232,1232024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,084. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Richmond covers 4.29 square miles of land, for 495 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Richmond is less dense than the typical town.

What county Richmond is in

All of Richmond's residents live in McHenry County, which had 315,959 residents in 2024. Richmond 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 Richmond

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Richmond by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60071. 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 Richmond is

The Census internal point of Richmond is at 42.463800, -88.309400. Springfield, the capital, is 198.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Genoa City, WI (2,903 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 29.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.463800, -88.309400
DMS
42°27'49.68"N 88°18'33.84"W
UTM
16N 392348.8E 4702104.0N
Geohash
dp91w6r19
Plus code
86JHFM7R+G6

Daylight in Richmond

At 42.46° N, Richmond gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Richmond

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Spring Grove, 3.6 miles away, with 5,554 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Richmond, IL?

2,123 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 39 (1.9%) from 2,084 in July 2020.

What county is Richmond in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Richmond?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60071.

How far is Richmond from Springfield?

198.1 miles (318.7 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Richmond.

What is the nearest larger city to Richmond?

Genoa City, WI, with 2,903 residents, 3.0 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.