Illinois · Census place 1782270

Winchester, Illinois

Winchester is a city in Scott County, Illinois with an estimated 1,510 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 533rd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,510
#533 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-4.0%
-63 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
1,336 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Winchester. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

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Winchester population, 2020 to 2024

Winchester lost 63 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.0%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,576. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Winchester covers 1.13 square miles of land, for 1,336 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Winchester is less dense than the typical town.

What county Winchester is in

All of Winchester's residents live in Scott County, which had 4,880 residents in 2024. Winchester holds 30.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Winchester

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Winchester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 62694. 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 Winchester is

The Census internal point of Winchester is at 39.629800, -90.456000. Springfield, the capital, is 44.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is South Jacksonville, IL (3,197 people), 13.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Springfield, IL, 44.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.629800, -90.456000
DMS
39°37'47.28"N 90°27'21.60"W
UTM
15N 718336.7E 4389762.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
86FFJGHV+WH

Daylight in Winchester

At 39.63° N, Winchester gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Winchester

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Roodhouse, 11.0 miles away, with 1,499 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Winchester, IL?

1,510 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 63 (4.0%) from 1,573 in July 2020.

What county is Winchester in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Winchester?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 62694.

How far is Winchester from Springfield?

44.1 miles (71.0 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Winchester.

What is the nearest larger city to Winchester?

South Jacksonville, IL, with 3,197 residents, 13.2 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.