Palmer is a village in Christian County, Illinois, home to about 241 people across 1.0 square miles. Its ZIP code is 62556.
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| Nearest major airport | St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)73 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI)30 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | St. Louis, MO74 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL186 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Palmer; 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.
Palmer had 216 residents in the 2020 census, down 13% since 2000.
It’s the 1151st largest of 1,450 towns in Illinois by population.
Christian County grew from 32,790 residents in 1900 to 34,032 in 2020.
Christian 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 19°F. About 38.1 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 16 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Morrisonville, IL weather station (6 miles away).
7,410 jobs at 709 businesses in Christian 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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