Illinois · Census place 1775276
Tilton, Illinois
Tilton is a village in Vermilion County, Illinois with an estimated 2,533 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 441st largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,533
- #441 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -3.9%
- -104 people
- Land area
- 3.8 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 667 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Tilton population, 2020 to 2024
Tilton lost 104 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.9%. In the latest year it moved by -15.
Tilton covers 3.80 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 667 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Tilton is less dense than the typical town.
What county Tilton is in
All of Tilton's residents live in Vermilion County, which had 71,106 residents in 2024. Tilton holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Tilton
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Tilton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 61832, 61833, 61834. 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 Tilton is
The Census internal point of Tilton is at 40.095000, -87.642100. Springfield, the capital, is 108.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Westville, IL (3,035 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carmel, IN, 79.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.095000, -87.642100
- DMS
- 40°05'42.00"N 87°38'31.56"W
- UTM
- 16N 445266.4E 4438498.9N
- Geohash
- dp1sjehfr
- Plus code
- 86GJ39W5+25
Daylight in Tilton
At 40.10° N, Tilton gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Tilton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Westville, 3.5 miles away, with 3,035 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Tilton, IL?
2,533 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 104 (3.9%) from 2,637 in July 2020.
What county is Tilton in?
Vermilion County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Tilton?
3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 61832, 61833, 61834.
How far is Tilton from Springfield?
108.6 miles (174.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Tilton.
What is the nearest larger city to Tilton?
Westville, IL, with 3,035 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.