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Herscher Community Unit School District 2, IL

10,456 Population
246 square miles 42.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kankakee County: 39 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,074 ±$4,633 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kankakee County: $35,005 ±$1,012
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$93,691 ±$7,912 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kankakee County: $68,325 ±$2,842
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

5.1% ±1.9% (527  ±201) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kankakee County: 12.6% 12,883 (±1% / ±1,053)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

26.1 minutes ±1.6 (107,325  ±10,001) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Kankakee County: 24.9 1,127,085 (±0.9 / ±49,340)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

4,087 ±228 Number of households
  • Kankakee County: 40,895 ±380
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.6 ±0.2 (10,446  ±492) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kankakee County: 2.5 102,078 (±0 / ±105)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

3.3% ±1.8% (69  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kankakee County: 5.5% † 1,336 (±1% / ±248)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

4,451 ±226 Number of housing units
  • Kankakee County: 45,396 ±106
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$221,300 ±$16,331 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kankakee County: $185,700 ±$4,393
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

4.9% ±1.6% (507  ±172.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kankakee County: 7.9% † 8,329 (±0.8% / ±855.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

96.4% ±3.3% (7,152  ±452.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kankakee County: 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)
23.4% ±3.1% (1,738  ±244.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kankakee County: 20.4% 14,636 (±1.1% / ±816.9)
  • about three-fifths 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% ±0.3% (46  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kankakee County: 5.5% 5,865
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

11.2% ±2.1% (896  ±175) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kankakee County: 7% † 5,741 (±0.7% / ±587)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
896 Total veterans ±175 840 Male ±169 56 Female ±44

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