Illinois · Census place 1769758

Shorewood, Illinois

Shorewood is a village in Will County, Illinois with an estimated 18,522 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 136th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 18,522; #136 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020: +1.9%; +338 people
Land area: 8.1 sq mi; + 0.11 sq mi water
Density: 2,289 / sq mi; State median 2,177

Orange pin: Shorewood. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Shorewood population, 2020 to 2024

Shorewood added 338 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +88. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 47th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Shorewood is 1.3 times that size.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 18,185. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Shorewood covers 8.09 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 2,289 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Shorewood is close to the typical town.

What county Shorewood is in

All of Shorewood's residents live in Will County, which had 708,583 residents in 2024. Shorewood holds 2.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Shorewood

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shorewood by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60404. 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 Shorewood is

The Census internal point of Shorewood is at 41.517500, -88.215200. Springfield, the capital, is 141.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Joliet, IL (151,837 people), 3.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.517500, -88.215200
DMS: 41°31'3.00"N 88°12'54.72"W
UTM: 16N 398602.4E 4596919.9N
Geohash: dp3k0w58u
Plus code: 86HHGQ8M+XW

Daylight in Shorewood

At 41.52° N, Shorewood 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 Shorewood

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Joliet, 3.5 miles away, with 151,837 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Shorewood, IL?

18,522 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 338 (1.9%) from 18,184 in July 2020.

What county is Shorewood in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Shorewood?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60404.

How far is Shorewood from Springfield?

141.6 miles (227.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Shorewood.

What is the nearest larger city to Shorewood?

Joliet, IL, with 151,837 residents, 3.5 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.