Illinois · Census place 1763706

Richton Park, Illinois

Richton Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 12,504 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 190th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,504
#190 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.9%
-237 people
Land area
4.4 sq mi
Density
2,848 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Richton Park. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Richton Park population, 2020 to 2024

Richton Park lost 237 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +79. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 214th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Richton Park is 85% of it.

12.7k202012.5k202112.5k202212.4k202312.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 12,788. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Richton Park covers 4.39 square miles of land, for 2,848 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Richton Park is denser than the typical town.

What county Richton Park is in

All of Richton Park's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Richton Park holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Richton Park

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Richton Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60443, 60471. 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 Richton Park is

The Census internal point of Richton Park is at 41.480200, -87.742500. Springfield, the capital, is 154.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Matteson, IL (18,566 people), 2.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 21.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.480200, -87.742500
DMS
41°28'48.72"N 87°44'33.00"W
UTM
16N 438009.8E 4592332.1N
Geohash
dp3egr5ze
Plus code
86HJF7J5+32

Daylight in Richton Park

At 41.48° N, Richton Park gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Richton Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Matteson, 2.0 miles away, with 18,566 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Richton Park, IL?

12,504 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 237 (1.9%) from 12,741 in July 2020.

What county is Richton Park in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Richton Park?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 60443, 60471.

How far is Richton Park from Springfield?

154.2 miles (248.2 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Richton Park.

What is the nearest larger city to Richton Park?

Matteson, IL, with 18,566 residents, 2.0 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)

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