Illinois · Census place 1776407

Tuscola, Illinois

Tuscola is a city in Douglas County, Illinois with an estimated 4,658 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 342nd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,658
#342 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+0.3%
+12 people
Land area
3.0 sq mi
Density
1,579 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Tuscola. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Tuscola population, 2020 to 2024

Tuscola added 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +23.

4,64620204,63820214,63320224,63520234,6582024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,640. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Tuscola covers 2.95 square miles of land, for 1,579 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Tuscola is less dense than the typical town.

What county Tuscola is in

All of Tuscola's residents live in Douglas County, which had 19,824 residents in 2024. Tuscola holds 23.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Tuscola

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Tuscola by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61953. 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 Tuscola is

The Census internal point of Tuscola is at 39.795900, -88.275500. Springfield, the capital, is 73.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Savoy, IL (9,260 people), 18.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 72.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.795900, -88.275500
DMS
39°47'45.24"N 88°16'31.80"W
UTM
16N 390798.6E 4405882.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FHQPWF+9R

Daylight in Tuscola

At 39.80° N, Tuscola gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Tuscola

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Villa Grove, 7.8 miles away, with 2,450 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Tuscola, IL?

4,658 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 12 (0.3%) from 4,646 in July 2020.

What county is Tuscola in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Tuscola?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61953.

How far is Tuscola from Springfield?

73.0 miles (117.5 km) in a straight line, heading W from Tuscola.

What is the nearest larger city to Tuscola?

Savoy, IL, with 9,260 residents, 18.2 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.