Illinois · Census place 1764590

Roanoke, Illinois

Roanoke is a village in Woodford County, Illinois with an estimated 1,928 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 482nd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,928
#482 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.4%
-27 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
2,051 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Roanoke. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Roanoke population, 2020 to 2024

Roanoke lost 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -11.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,958. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Roanoke covers 0.94 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 2,051 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Roanoke is close to the typical town.

What county Roanoke is in

All of Roanoke's residents live in Woodford County, which had 38,290 residents in 2024. Roanoke holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Roanoke

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Roanoke by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61561. 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 Roanoke is

The Census internal point of Roanoke is at 40.798500, -89.201300. Springfield, the capital, is 74.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Eureka, IL (5,189 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 22.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.798500, -89.201300
DMS
40°47'54.60"N 89°12'4.68"W
UTM
16N 314297.9E 4518720.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GGQQXX+9F

Daylight in Roanoke

At 40.80° N, Roanoke gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Roanoke

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Eureka, 7.1 miles away, with 5,189 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Roanoke, IL?

1,928 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 27 (1.4%) from 1,955 in July 2020.

What county is Roanoke in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Roanoke?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61561.

How far is Roanoke from Springfield?

74.2 miles (119.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Roanoke.

What is the nearest larger city to Roanoke?

Eureka, IL, with 5,189 residents, 7.1 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.

  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.