West Chicago, Illinois

West Chicago population, 2020 to 2024

West Chicago lost 94 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +165. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 135th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so West Chicago is 1.7 times that size.

West Chicago covers 15.41 square miles of land and 0.33 of water, for 1,653 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so West Chicago is less dense than the typical town.

What county West Chicago is in

All of West Chicago's residents live in DuPage County, which had 937,142 residents in 2024. West Chicago holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Chicago

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West Chicago by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 60185. 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 West Chicago is

The Census internal point of West Chicago is at 41.894500, -88.221100. Springfield, the capital, is 164.0 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carol Stream, IL (39,556 people), 4.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Aurora, IL, 9.7 miles away.

Daylight in West Chicago

At 41.89° N, West Chicago gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Chicago

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Winfield, 3.7 miles away, with 10,199 people.