Illinois · Census place 1778227

Volo, Illinois

Volo is a village in Lake County, Illinois with an estimated 7,361 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 273rd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,361
#273 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
+18.5%
+1,151 people
Land area
4.1 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
1,787 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Volo. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Volo population, 2020 to 2024

Volo added 1,151 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +18.5%. In the latest year it moved by +297. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 3rd; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Volo is 50% of it.

6,21020206,31020216,60620227,06420237,3612024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,161. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Volo covers 4.12 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,787 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Volo is less dense than the typical town.

What county Volo is in

All of Volo's residents live in Lake County, which had 718,604 residents in 2024. Volo holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Volo

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Volo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60020, 60041, 60073. 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 Volo is

The Census internal point of Volo is at 42.330300, -88.158700. Springfield, the capital, is 192.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Round Lake, IL (18,654 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 21.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.330300, -88.158700
DMS
42°19'49.08"N 88°09'31.32"W
UTM
16N 404536.5E 4687100.2N
Geohash
dp92ccuzc
Plus code
86JH8RJR+4G

Daylight in Volo

At 42.33° N, Volo gets about 15 h 17 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 12 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Volo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Lakemoor, 2.3 miles away, with 6,451 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Volo, IL?

7,361 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,151 (18.5%) from 6,210 in July 2020.

What county is Volo in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Volo?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 60020, 60041, 60073.

How far is Volo from Springfield?

192.5 miles (309.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Volo.

What is the nearest larger city to Volo?

Round Lake, IL, with 18,654 residents, 3.0 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.