Illinois · Census place 1770759

Southern View, Illinois

Southern View is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois with an estimated 1,551 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 527th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,551
#527 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-2.4%
-38 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
2,315 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Southern View. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Southern View population, 2020 to 2024

Southern View lost 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,591. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Southern View covers 0.67 square miles of land, for 2,315 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Southern View is close to the typical town.

What county Southern View is in

All of Southern View's residents live in Sangamon County, which had 194,345 residents in 2024. Southern View holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Southern View

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Southern View by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 62703. 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 Southern View is

The Census internal point of Southern View is at 39.754600, -89.651700. Springfield, the capital, is 1.8 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jerome, IL (1,646 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 2.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.754600, -89.651700
DMS
39°45'16.56"N 89°39'6.12"W
UTM
16N 272828.6E 4403883.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FGQ83X+R8

Daylight in Southern View

At 39.75° N, Southern View gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Southern View

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Jerome, 1.7 miles away, with 1,646 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Southern View, IL?

1,551 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 38 (2.4%) from 1,589 in July 2020.

What county is Southern View in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Southern View?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62703.

How far is Southern View from Springfield?

1.8 miles (2.9 km) in a straight line, heading N from Southern View.

What is the nearest larger city to Southern View?

Jerome, IL, with 1,646 residents, 1.7 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.