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Herrin, IL

12,226 Population
9.7 square miles 1,263.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±2.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 41.6 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,228 ±$3,189 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: $37,284 ±$1,406
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,975 ±$5,621 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: $65,604 ±$3,466
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.5% ±3.3% (1,743  ±401) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 13.8% † 8,880 (±1.5% / ±982)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.9 minutes ±2.5 (114,035  ±16,384) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 23.5 634,860 (±1 / ±33,894)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,559 ±277 Number of households
  • the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 28,983 ±394
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (12,024  ±70) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 2.2 64,749 (±0 / ±55)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±3.7% (179  ±100) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 5.8% † 821 (±1.3% / ±181)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,183 ±356 Number of housing units
  • the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 32,084 ±58
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$113,300 ±$9,799 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: $156,400 ±$5,461
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.2% ±4.4% (1,953  ±532.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 12.4% † 8,209 (±1.6% / ±1,042.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.8% ±6.1% (8,105  ±663.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 92.8% 44,798 (±3% / ±1,444.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.8% ±3.5% (2,012  ±324.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 26.3% 12,674 (±1.6% / ±778.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.4% ±1.5% (416  ±186) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 2% 1,327
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±2.1% (739  ±200) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Marion-Herrin, IL Micro Area: 8.7% 4,588 (±0.7% / ±381)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
739 Total veterans ±200 693 Male ±193 46 Female ±37

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