Elgin, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elgin, Illinois, shaded from 700 ft near the middle to 950 ft on the west side
Elevation
950 ft 290 m890 ft 270 m860 ft 260 m790 ft 240 m730 ft 225 m700 ft 215 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Elgin sits at about 800 ft (245 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
800 ft 245 m
most residents: 750–850 ft
Lowest
700 ft 215 m
near the middle
Highest
950 ft 290 m
on the west side
Average
820 ft 250 m
all land inside city limits

Elgin spans about 250 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
800 ft245 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
950 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
700 ft215 m
Town center
USGS map point for Elgin
740 ft225 m
Airport (DPA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.5 mi south of the city limits
759 ft231 m
Average of all land820 ft250 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elgin, Illinois, shaded from 700 ft near the middle to 950 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Kane and Cook counties, Illinois, United States
Population
114,701 2024 est.
Land area
38.3 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
2,995 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.0372° N, 88.2812° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Fox River → Illinois River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Dupage (DPA) 759 ft
ZIP codes 5
60120 60123 60124 60140 60175
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Carpentersville890 ft
  2. Dundee Township870 ft
  3. East Dundee810 ft
  4. Streamwood810 ft
  5. Hanover Township810 ft
  6. Elgin800 ft
  7. Sleepy Hollow800 ft
  8. Elgin Township800 ft
  9. Bartlett790 ft
  10. West Dundee780 ft
  11. South Elgin780 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Johnsons Mound890 ft
  • Mount Hoy830 ft
  • Blanchard Hill780 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.