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Herscher Community Unit School District 2, IL

10,230 Population
246 square miles 41.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kankakee County: 39 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,042 ±$5,222 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kankakee County: $36,825 ±$905
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$95,607 ±$8,734 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kankakee County: $71,281 ±$2,921
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6% ±2.1% (612  ±212) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Kankakee County: 12.2% 12,498 (±1% / ±1,033)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.2 minutes ±1.6 (103,560  ±9,941) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Kankakee County: 24.9 1,120,535 (±0.8 / ±45,916)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,090 ±217 Number of households
  • Kankakee County: 40,996 ±520
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (10,219  ±469) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kankakee County: 2.5 101,820 (±0 / ±115)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.3% ±1.5% (67  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kankakee County: 4.9% † 1,189 (±1% / ±233)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,481 ±228 Number of housing units
  • Kankakee County: 45,415 ±69
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$221,100 ±$15,796 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kankakee County: $192,600 ±$5,640
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.7% ±1.2% (371  ±120) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Kankakee County: 7.5% † 7,951 (±0.9% / ±972.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.1% ±4% (7,120  ±437.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kankakee County: 91.6% 65,819 (±2.2% / ±1,551)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.5% ±3% (1,738  ±234.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kankakee County: 21.2% 15,226 (±1.1% / ±793.4)
  • 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

0.9% ±0.6% (93  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kankakee County: 5.7% 6,116
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.5% ±1.7% (753  ±138) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kankakee County: 6.5% 5,358 (±0.6% / ±499)
  • about double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
753 Total veterans ±138 711 Male ±139 42 Female ±35

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