University Park, Illinois

University Park population, 2020 to 2024

University Park lost 88 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +14. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 180th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so University Park is 48% of it.

University Park covers 10.73 square miles of land, for 656 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so University Park is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties University Park spans

University Park crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 7,043 residents as follows; Will County holds 95.6% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in University Park

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap University Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60449, 60484. 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 University Park is

The Census internal point of University Park is at 41.446900, -87.713000. Springfield, the capital, is 153.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Park Forest, IL (21,016 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 23.1 miles away.

Daylight in University Park

At 41.45° N, University Park gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near University Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Park Forest, 2.8 miles away, with 21,016 people.