Illinois · Census place 1782049

Willow Springs, Illinois

Willow Springs is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 5,793 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 308th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,793
#308 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-1.0%
-58 people
Land area
4.2 sq mi
+ 0.10 sq mi water
Density
1,396 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Willow Springs. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Willow Springs population, 2020 to 2024

Willow Springs lost 58 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +47. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 170th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Willow Springs is 39% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,872. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Willow Springs covers 4.15 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 1,396 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Willow Springs is less dense than the typical town.

What county Willow Springs is in

All of Willow Springs's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Willow Springs holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Willow Springs

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Willow Springs by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60439, 60480. 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 Willow Springs is

The Census internal point of Willow Springs is at 41.734100, -87.884000. Springfield, the capital, is 163.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Burr Ridge, IL (11,202 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 12.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.734100, -87.884000
DMS
41°44'2.76"N 87°53'2.40"W
UTM
16N 426484.9E 4620631.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HJP4M8+J9

Daylight in Willow Springs

At 41.73° N, Willow Springs gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 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 Willow Springs

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Burr Ridge, 2.1 miles away, with 11,202 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Willow Springs, IL?

5,793 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 58 (1.0%) from 5,851 in July 2020.

What county is Willow Springs in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Willow Springs?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 60439, 60480.

How far is Willow Springs from Springfield?

163.6 miles (263.2 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Willow Springs.

What is the nearest larger city to Willow Springs?

Burr Ridge, IL, with 11,202 residents, 2.1 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.