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Herrin, IL

12,271 Population
9.7 square miles 1,268.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 41.4 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,201 ±$2,551 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: $37,096 ±$1,009
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$58,501 ±$6,088 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: $65,521 ±$3,734
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

17.4% ±4.1% (2,096  ±492) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 14.3% † 9,213 (±1.7% / ±1,093)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

21.7 minutes ±2 (115,995  ±14,073) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 23.2 626,835 (±1 / ±32,222)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

5,479 ±236 Number of households
  • the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 28,774 ±420
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.2 ±0.1 (12,083  ±28) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 2.3 64,834 (±0 / ±67)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.6% ±2.6% (153  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 6.5% † 904 (±1.5% / ±207)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

6,012 ±242 Number of housing units
  • the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 31,957 ±52
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$109,100 ±$10,596 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: $145,600 ±$6,800
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

16.5% ±4.1% (1,997  ±493.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 12.9% † 8,528 (±1.5% / ±1,001.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

91.7% ±6.7% (8,074  ±642.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 92.4% 44,398 (±2.9% / ±1,408.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
23.8% ±3.7% (2,095  ±333.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 27.5% 13,188 (±1.6% / ±749.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

3% ±1.5% (363  ±180) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 2% 1,318
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7.7% ±1.8% (748  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 8.7% 4,557 (±0.8% / ±437)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
748 Total veterans ±178 711 Male ±174 37 Female ±34

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