Illinois · Census place 1766339

Rushville, Illinois

Rushville is a city in Schuyler County, Illinois with an estimated 2,904 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 419th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,904
#419 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-59 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
Density
1,760 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Rushville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Rushville population, 2020 to 2024

Rushville lost 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

2,96320202,94620212,90820222,89420232,9042024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,978. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rushville covers 1.65 square miles of land, for 1,760 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Rushville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rushville is in

All of Rushville's residents live in Schuyler County, which had 6,750 residents in 2024. Rushville holds 43.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rushville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rushville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 62681. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Rushville is

The Census internal point of Rushville is at 40.120000, -90.566500. Springfield, the capital, is 53.9 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Beardstown, IL (5,803 people), 10.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 53.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.120000, -90.566500
DMS
40°07'12.00"N 90°33'59.40"W
UTM
15N 707369.5E 4443914.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GF4CCM+29

Daylight in Rushville

At 40.12° N, Rushville gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rushville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Beardstown, 10.4 miles away, with 5,803 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rushville, IL?

2,904 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 59 (2.0%) from 2,963 in July 2020.

What county is Rushville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Rushville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62681.

How far is Rushville from Springfield?

53.9 miles (86.7 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Rushville.

What is the nearest larger city to Rushville?

Beardstown, IL, with 5,803 residents, 10.4 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.