Illinois · Census place 1778370
Wadsworth, Illinois
Wadsworth is a village in Lake County, Illinois with an estimated 3,502 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 396th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,502
- #396 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -0.1%
- -2 people
- Land area
- 9.8 sq mi
- + 0.09 sq mi water
- Density
- 356 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
Measure from here
Tools and pages that start from Wadsworth
Wadsworth population, 2020 to 2024
Wadsworth lost 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +17.
Wadsworth covers 9.84 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 356 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Wadsworth is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wadsworth is in
All of Wadsworth's residents live in Lake County, which had 718,604 residents in 2024. Wadsworth holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wadsworth
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Wadsworth by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60083, 60099. 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 Wadsworth is
The Census internal point of Wadsworth is at 42.450700, -87.925100. Springfield, the capital, is 205.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Beach Park, IL (14,212 people), 2.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 35.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.450700, -87.925100
- DMS
- 42°27'2.52"N 87°55'30.36"W
- UTM
- 16N 423928.1E 4700233.4N
- Geohash
- dp93rpyvk
- Plus code
- 86JJF32F+7X
Daylight in Wadsworth
At 42.45° N, Wadsworth gets about 15 h 18 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wadsworth
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Beach Park, 2.6 miles away, with 14,212 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wadsworth, IL?
3,502 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2 (0.1%) from 3,504 in July 2020.
What county is Wadsworth in?
Lake County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wadsworth?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 60083, 60099.
How far is Wadsworth from Springfield?
205.1 miles (330.1 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Wadsworth.
What is the nearest larger city to Wadsworth?
Beach Park, IL, with 14,212 residents, 2.6 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.