Illinois · Census place 1768640

Seneca, Illinois

Seneca is a village in 2 counties of Illinois with an estimated 2,310 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 452nd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,310
#452 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.5%
-35 people
Land area
6.2 sq mi
+ 0.37 sq mi water
Density
372 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Seneca. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Springfield.

Seneca population, 2020 to 2024

Seneca lost 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

2,34520202,33520212,31220222,31320232,3102024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,350. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Seneca covers 6.21 square miles of land and 0.37 of water, for 372 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Seneca is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Seneca spans

Seneca crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 2,310 residents as follows; LaSalle County holds 99.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01LaSalle County2,301
  2. 02Grundy County9
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Seneca

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Seneca by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60450, 61360. 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 Seneca is

The Census internal point of Seneca is at 41.302600, -88.614700. Springfield, the capital, is 118.4 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Marseilles, IL (4,779 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 28.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.302600, -88.614700
DMS
41°18'9.36"N 88°36'52.92"W
UTM
16N 364821.9E 4573606.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HH893P+24

Daylight in Seneca

At 41.30° N, Seneca gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Seneca

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Marseilles, 3.7 miles away, with 4,779 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Seneca, IL?

2,310 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 35 (1.5%) from 2,345 in July 2020.

What county is Seneca in?

It spans 2 counties: LaSalle County (2,301 residents), Grundy County (9 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Seneca?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 60450, 61360.

How far is Seneca from Springfield?

118.4 miles (190.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Seneca.

What is the nearest larger city to Seneca?

Marseilles, IL, with 4,779 residents, 3.7 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.