Illinois · Census place 1765611

Roscoe, Illinois

Roscoe is a village in Winnebago County, Illinois with an estimated 10,981 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 209th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,981
#209 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+19 people
Land area
10.3 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
1,069 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Roscoe. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Roscoe population, 2020 to 2024

Roscoe added 19 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +78. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 102nd; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Roscoe is 74% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,979. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Roscoe covers 10.27 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,069 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Roscoe is less dense than the typical town.

What county Roscoe is in

All of Roscoe's residents live in Winnebago County, which had 283,790 residents in 2024. Roscoe holds 3.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Roscoe

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Roscoe by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61073. 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 Roscoe is

The Census internal point of Roscoe is at 42.425600, -89.009500. Springfield, the capital, is 185.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Machesney Park, IL (22,839 people), 4.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rockford, IL, 11.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.425600, -89.009500
DMS
42°25'32.16"N 89°00'34.20"W
UTM
16N 334688.4E 4698988.0N
Geohash
dp89qe370
Plus code
86JGCXGR+66

Daylight in Roscoe

At 42.43° N, Roscoe 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 Roscoe

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Rockton, 3.1 miles away, with 7,861 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Roscoe, IL?

10,981 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 19 (0.2%) from 10,962 in July 2020.

What county is Roscoe in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Roscoe?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61073.

How far is Roscoe from Springfield?

185.7 miles (298.9 km) in a straight line, heading S from Roscoe.

What is the nearest larger city to Roscoe?

Machesney Park, IL, with 22,839 residents, 4.1 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.