Latham is a village in Logan County, Illinois, home to about 297 people across 0.3 square miles. Its ZIP code is 62543.
Homes sold for a median of $108 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026.
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Latham. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)106 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Decatur Airport (DEC)19 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | St. Louis, MO109 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL150 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Latham; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Latham had 333 residents in the 2020 census, down 10% since 2000.
It’s the 1085th largest of 1,450 towns in Illinois by population.
Logan County grew from 28,680 residents in 1900 to 27,987 in 2020.
Logan County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 86°F in summer, and winter lows average 18°F. About 39.9 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 19 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Lincoln, IL weather station (15 miles away).
6,766 jobs at 536 businesses in Logan County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
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