Illinois · Census place 1777941

Villa Grove, Illinois

Villa Grove is a city in Douglas County, Illinois with an estimated 2,450 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 444th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,450
#444 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-32 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
1,633 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Villa Grove. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Villa Grove population, 2020 to 2024

Villa Grove lost 32 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,479. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Villa Grove covers 1.50 square miles of land, for 1,633 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Villa Grove is less dense than the typical town.

What county Villa Grove is in

All of Villa Grove's residents live in Douglas County, which had 19,824 residents in 2024. Villa Grove holds 12.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Villa Grove

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Villa Grove by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61956. 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 Villa Grove is

The Census internal point of Villa Grove is at 39.864500, -88.159700. Springfield, the capital, is 79.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tuscola, IL (4,658 people), 7.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 79.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.864500, -88.159700
DMS
39°51'52.20"N 88°09'34.92"W
UTM
16N 400811.7E 4413361.7N
Geohash
dp16cch5d
Plus code
86FHVR7R+Q4

Daylight in Villa Grove

At 39.86° N, Villa Grove 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 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Villa Grove

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Tuscola, 7.8 miles away, with 4,658 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Villa Grove, IL?

2,450 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 32 (1.3%) from 2,482 in July 2020.

What county is Villa Grove in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Villa Grove?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61956.

How far is Villa Grove from Springfield?

79.3 miles (127.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Villa Grove.

What is the nearest larger city to Villa Grove?

Tuscola, IL, with 4,658 residents, 7.8 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.