Illinois · Census place 1779163
Waterman, Illinois
Waterman is a village in DeKalb County, Illinois with an estimated 1,543 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 529th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,543
- #529 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- +7.9%
- +113 people
- Land area
- 1.5 sq mi
- Density
- 1,015 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Waterman population, 2020 to 2024
Waterman added 113 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.9%. In the latest year it moved by +121.
Waterman covers 1.52 square miles of land, for 1,015 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Waterman is less dense than the typical town.
What county Waterman is in
All of Waterman's residents live in DeKalb County, which had 101,335 residents in 2024. Waterman holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Waterman
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waterman by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60556. 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 Waterman is
The Census internal point of Waterman is at 41.765600, -88.763100. Springfield, the capital, is 144.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hinckley, IL (1,976 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Aurora, IL, 24.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.765600, -88.763100
- DMS
- 41°45'56.16"N 88°45'47.16"W
- UTM
- 16N 353447.0E 4625253.8N
- Geohash
- dp2vs5hwm
- Plus code
- 86HHQ68P+6Q
Daylight in Waterman
At 41.77° N, Waterman gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Waterman
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Hinckley, 6.3 miles away, with 1,976 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Waterman, IL?
1,543 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 113 (7.9%) from 1,430 in July 2020.
What county is Waterman in?
DeKalb County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Waterman?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60556.
How far is Waterman from Springfield?
144.8 miles (233.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Waterman.
What is the nearest larger city to Waterman?
Hinckley, IL, with 1,976 residents, 6.3 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.