Illinois · Census place 1780047
Westchester, Illinois
Westchester is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 16,313 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 154th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 16,313
- #154 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -3.1%
- -516 people
- Land area
- 3.7 sq mi
- Density
- 4,421 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Westchester population, 2020 to 2024
Westchester lost 516 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +92. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 307th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Westchester is 1.1 times that size.
Westchester covers 3.69 square miles of land, for 4,421 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Westchester is denser than the typical town.
What county Westchester is in
All of Westchester's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Westchester holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Westchester
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Westchester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60154. 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 Westchester is
The Census internal point of Westchester is at 41.849200, -87.890600. Springfield, the capital, is 169.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bellwood, IL (18,132 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 10.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.849200, -87.890600
- DMS
- 41°50'57.12"N 87°53'26.16"W
- UTM
- 16N 426068.4E 4633416.7N
- Geohash
- dp3w042j2
- Plus code
- 86HJR4X5+MQ
Daylight in Westchester
At 41.85° N, Westchester 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 Westchester
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Hillside, 1.4 miles away, with 8,031 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Westchester, IL?
16,313 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 516 (3.1%) from 16,829 in July 2020.
What county is Westchester in?
Cook County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Westchester?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60154.
How far is Westchester from Springfield?
169.9 miles (273.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Westchester.
What is the nearest larger city to Westchester?
Bellwood, IL, with 18,132 residents, 2.4 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.