South Elgin, Illinois

South Elgin population, 2020 to 2024

South Elgin added 1,075 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.5%. In the latest year it moved by +551. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 21st; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so South Elgin is 1.7 times that size.

South Elgin covers 7.27 square miles of land and 0.20 of water, for 3,428 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so South Elgin is denser than the typical town.

What county South Elgin is in

All of South Elgin's residents live in Kane County, which had 520,997 residents in 2024. South Elgin holds 4.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in South Elgin

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps South Elgin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60177. 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 South Elgin is

The Census internal point of South Elgin is at 41.990300, -88.314300. Springfield, the capital, is 167.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elgin, IL (114,701 people), 3.4 miles away.

Daylight in South Elgin

At 41.99° N, South Elgin gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 08 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near South Elgin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Elgin, 3.4 miles away, with 114,701 people.