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Herscher, IL

1,302 Population
1.8 square miles 718 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±6.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 39 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,001 ±$3,816 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: $35,005 ±$1,012
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$100,833 ±$24,685 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: $68,325 ±$2,842
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

4.9% ±3.1% (63  ±42) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 12.6% 12,883 (±1% / ±1,053)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

26.6 minutes ±1.8 (13,955  ±3,397) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 24.9 1,127,085 (±0.9 / ±49,340)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

496 ±85 Number of households
  • the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 40,895 ±380
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.6 ±0.2 (1,302  ±248) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 2.5 102,078 (±0 / ±105)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

6.7% ±5.5% (20  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 5.5% † 1,336 (±1% / ±248)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

563 ±91 Number of housing units
  • the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 45,396 ±106
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$198,200 ±$9,019 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: $185,700 ±$4,393
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

6.6% ±3.1% (85  ±43.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 7.9% † 8,329 (±0.8% / ±855.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

99.1% ±23% (860  ±120.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 91% 65,315 (±2.3% / ±1,663.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
33.5% ±5.9% (291  ±74) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 20.4% 14,636 (±1.1% / ±816.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.4% ±0.5% (5  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 5.5% 5,865
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

9% ±3.4% (85  ±36) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Kankakee, IL Metro Area: 7% † 5,741 (±0.7% / ±587)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
85 Total veterans ±36 85 Male ±36 N/A Female ±12

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