Illinois · Census place 1769979

Silvis, Illinois

Silvis is a city in Rock Island County, Illinois with an estimated 8,003 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 262nd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,003
#262 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+0.1%
+6 people
Land area
4.3 sq mi
Density
1,866 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Silvis. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Silvis population, 2020 to 2024

Silvis added 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +61. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 108th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Silvis is 54% of it.

7,99720207,96220217,91320227,94220238,0032024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 8,005. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Silvis covers 4.29 square miles of land, for 1,866 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Silvis is less dense than the typical town.

What county Silvis is in

All of Silvis's residents live in Rock Island County, which had 142,731 residents in 2024. Silvis holds 5.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Silvis

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Silvis by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61244, 61282. 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 Silvis is

The Census internal point of Silvis is at 41.497700, -90.410100. Springfield, the capital, is 125.1 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is East Moline, IL (20,995 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Davenport, IA, 10.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.497700, -90.410100
DMS
41°29'51.72"N 90°24'36.36"W
UTM
15N 716177.0E 4597247.4N
Geohash
9zrsndmme
Plus code
86HFFHXQ+3X

Daylight in Silvis

At 41.50° N, Silvis 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 Silvis

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Carbon Cliff, 1.0 miles away, with 1,808 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Silvis, IL?

8,003 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 6 (0.1%) from 7,997 in July 2020.

What county is Silvis in?

Rock Island County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Silvis?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 61244, 61282.

How far is Silvis from Springfield?

125.1 miles (201.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Silvis.

What is the nearest larger city to Silvis?

East Moline, IL, with 20,995 residents, 1.9 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.